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How to calculate the Switching losses for MOSFET and Diode?

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For MOSFET Switching losses:

How to calculate the MOSFET Switching Losses, If they are not given the Ton and Toff time in the datasheet? Is they any another formula?

Pswi = Vds x Id x Fsw x ((Ton x Toff)/2)


For Diode Switching losses:

How to calculate the Diode Switching Losses, If they are not given the Qrrd in the datasheet? Is they any another formula?

Pswi = Qrrd x Vrrm x Fswi
 

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If you don't know the switching speed that you can't calculate the switching losses.
If you use Schottky diode, the switching losses are generally negligible, only the forward loss needs to be calculated.
 
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Ton and Toff will depend on how you drive the FET and what external impedances are associated with the FET. For example, a resistor is often used in series with the FET gate to suppress spurious oscillation, but introduces an RC time constant because of the inherent gate capacitance of the FET.
 
The junction capacitance is specified, so knowing the reverse voltage you can calculate the stored energy which is lost per cycle. Probably negligible compared to If x Vf in the forwards direction, as Crutschow says.
 
The Qrrd for the diode is basically C*V where V is the switching voltage across the diode and C is the diode junction capacitance.
 
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