Re: Simple mosfet question
- From: Tim Wescott <tim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 02 Aug 2007 10:37:10 -0500
On Thu, 02 Aug 2007 15:18:21 +0000, Andrew wrote:
I have a simple circuit where I want to convert a digital input from
0-5V to an inverted signal from 0-12V. ie, 0V into the circuit = 12V
out, and 5V into the circuit = 0V out.
I don't have the means to get a schematic up, but I've tried to draw
it with text below (but it probably won't show up right), so I will
describe the simple circuit and I think it will be clear:
There is a 2N7000 N-ch mosfet transistor, with the source tied to
ground. The gate is tied directly to the input. The drain is tied to
a resistor, 10k, and the other side of the 10k resistor is tied to a
battery, +12V. The output is connected to the drain, and is used to
feed the clock inputs of 2 CMOS ICs. There is a 470pF filtering
capacitor tied from the output to ground.
My question is, can anyone see how this circuit would blow the
transistor? Is this an OK way to hook it up? Should I maybe add
another 10k resistor between drain and output (before the cap) to
better protect the transistor? I realize that doing this would bring
the output voltage down very slighlty, but that's fine if it is needed
to protect the transistor.
I'm asking because I've hooked up the circuit more than a few times,
and it always works at first / for a while, but sometimes the
transistor blows unexpectedly and I don't know why yet. I think it is
because I was damaging the transistor during install (with ESD, I was
not using protection at the time, but I learned my lesson!), but I
want to make sure it isn't actually a circuit problem too.
Sorry that I can't get a schematic up, I don't have a place to upload
files while I'm at work. I hope I have made it clear enough :)
+12V
|
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/
\ 10k
/
|_______OUTPUT
__|
| |
INPUT _____| |__
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|
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GND
Make your pictures with a fixed-width font, then we'll all be able to read
them.
Putting a resistor in series with the cap will spare your transistor, but
you don't need to make it 10K. You could probably get away with 200 ohms
or less if I recall the capabilities of that transistor correctly.
If you're driving it from CMOS a small resistor from gate to input would
spare the driver from the capacitive load, but may not be necessary.
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