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09.20.2009, 04:32 AM

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Originally Posted by shaunjohnson View Post
...lots of little fets might work but i'd rather mega fets if they are avaliable. fets job is to take a small electrical signal and switch on some serious power. so a mega fet might take 10A on the signal to switch it...i wouldent know!...
Using many FETs decreases the on resistance for better efficiency. A single large FET may not have ideal resistance, switching speed, etc as many smaller ones placed in parallel. And, FET gates are voltage driven (very little current). I like to think of FETs like a garden hose where the input and output is the hose and the gate is a set of fingers squeezing it to limit/stop current.

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