Designer III Blog, gate charge gate charge, Designer III Blog most recent posts http://blog.designer-iii.com/gate_charge en Thu, 13 Aug 2009 01:03:17 GMT 200 Q: Why does my FET, IGBT, SCR keep going up in smoke A: Spot Heating (gate charge) Posted by Bob Paddock: (gate charge) A common problem I see in message boards is that someone's circuit failed, and went up in smoke. People in the more esoteric realm's blame this on things like "Subtle Energy" overload and other such minutia. Here is the far more realistic explanation: The very old "GE SCR Manual" goes into all of the Gorey details of what is happening inside<br>Tags: <b>circuit failure</b>, <b>magic smoke</b>. Comments: 0. http://blog.designer-iii.com/circuit_failure/20090812-210317-Q-Why-does-my-FET-IGBT-SCR-keep-going-up-in-smoke-A-Spot-Heating http://blog.designer-iii.com/circuit_failure/20090812-210317-Q-Why-does-my-FET-IGBT-SCR-keep-going-up-in-smoke-A-Spot-Heating