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Can mosfet driver supply continuous current of 2Amps?

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Hello

I am using a MOSFET driver circuit to supply power from one section to another section in my design.
I need to pass 2Amps current from one section to another section in my design.
I have selected SI2301 (p-channel mosfet) and SI2302 (n-channel mosfet).
My application is a continuous running application.

For how long can the MOSFET driver circuit supply a continuous current of 2 Amps?

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Ankur
 

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Where is the output? Why the 1K resistor on the gate? (that will slow things down).

Short answer: it can supply 2 amps as long as your MOSFET doesn’t overheat.
 

Hi,

When I hear "mosfet driver", then I think about IR21110 or something similar.
That means an IC that "drives" the gate of a MOSFET for the MOSFET to ON/OFF.

But here is no such driver.
For sure one can say the N-Ch is the driver for the P-Ch Mosfet.
But why use the N-Ch at all? just drive the P-Ch Mosfet directly from the 5V_SW signal. (inverted)

What the P-Ch Mosfet does is called "High side power switch".
There are dedicated "High side power switches" ... the benefit is that they include some protection features like "overcurrent protection". Just do a search .. and a bit of datasheet reading.

And as Barry mentioned: The SI2301 will do it.
With it´s 120mOhms ON resistance it generates a 250mV voltage drop and 0.5W of heat. It surely gets pretty hot.
I´d rather choose one with less R_DS_ON.

Klaus
 

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