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mandrake2002 · 18th July 2006, 01:48 PM

hello everyone,
thanks in advance for taking the trouble to read and reply

i am struck with a circuit here . i am aiming to produce a triangular current waveform which has to be used in a different circuit . i've given the simplified version of the circuit

max current 10A , frequency 10 KHz

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        _______2 ohm_____
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        40V         Mosfet  
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i am currently using MOSFET IRFP 250N. my gate drive voltage is a 5 V variable supply given from my computer(Vgs)

i am getting a linear current (Id) output when gate supply in the range of 3.5 to 3.9 and then it is suddenly shooting up and after that i am again getting a linear variation . This results in the distortion of my current waveform and so i am not able to implement it in my other circuitry

could you please help me with this problem or is there any other way to produce such a pulse like using IGBT or any other power device . please help

audioguru · 18th July 2006, 02:10 PM

The amount of current out of a Mosfet is not linearily controlled by its gate voltage. An opamp could be used to provide plenty of gain so that negative feedback will make its response very linear.

mandrake2002 · 18th July 2006, 02:44 PM

hello audioguru,
thanks for taking the trouble .

are you suggesting a transconductance amplifier ? if so would it be stable for the current ratings that i specified (0-10A) and would it respond to a fast changing pulse of frequency 10 KHz .
and is it possible to obtain a gain of nearly 2A/V

i would be very glad if you can point out a suitable op-amp or atleast specify a link where i would get some info

thanks a lot .

audioguru · 18th July 2006, 05:40 PM

Here is a linear amp with your Mosfet providing up to 30A to a load. Its voltage gain is 2 but is easily changed by changing one of the feedback resistors. It will faithfully reproduce a triangle wave or any other shape of wave up to about 15kHz.
EDIT: Voltage gain is 2, not 1.

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18th July 2006, 01:48 PM	(permalink)
mandrake2002	help with producing a high rated current pulse hello everyone, thanks in advance for taking the trouble to read and reply i am struck with a circuit here . i am aiming to produce a triangular current waveform which has to be used in a different circuit . i've given the simplified version of the circuit max current 10A , frequency 10 KHz HTML Code: _______2 ohm_____ \| \| \| \| \| \| 40V Mosfet \| \| \|________________\| i am currently using MOSFET IRFP 250N. my gate drive voltage is a 5 V variable supply given from my computer(Vgs) i am getting a linear current (Id) output when gate supply in the range of 3.5 to 3.9 and then it is suddenly shooting up and after that i am again getting a linear variation . This results in the distortion of my current waveform and so i am not able to implement it in my other circuitry could you please help me with this problem or is there any other way to produce such a pulse like using IGBT or any other power device . please help Last edited by mandrake2002; 18th July 2006 at 01:52 PM.