1 Here is why MOSFET drivers are sometimes essential! || MOSFET Driver Part 1 (Driver, Bootstrapping)
A GreatScott explainer on why a microcontroller pin struggles to switch a MOSFET quickly and how a gate driver circuit solves it.
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gate drivers
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2 SDG #273 MOSFETs, Gate Drivers and PWM Driver Design
Recommended for working out whether a MOSFET needs a gate driver, and for how gate capacitance, heat and PWM speed relate.
3 MOSFET Bootstrapping
Explains bootstrapping the gate of a high-side N-channel MOSFET with discrete parts; people copy the circuit and simulate it in LTspice to check their understanding.
4 Power MOSFET drivers
A lecture by Sam Ben-Yaakov that people recommend for understanding what a MOSFET gate driver does and why it matters.
5 Brushless DC Speed Controller
Offered as an approachable guide to brushless motor drive circuits, including a demonstration of why smoothing capacitors stop a microcontroller resetting on noisy supplies.
