Re: amazing gan fet

On 6/20/25 17:45, john larkin wrote:

On Fri, 20 Jun 2025 13:58:17 -0000 (UTC), bp@www.zefox.net wrote:
 

john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com> wrote:

https://www.infineon.com/dgdl/Infineon-GS-065-004-6-L-TR-DataSheet-v01_00-EN.pdf?fileId=8ac78c8c8e7ead30018ebd3e1aea2dc9
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700 volts, turns on to 10 amps with +5 on the gate, reverse transfer
capacitance 0.3 pF, cheap.

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Just looking at the photos it isn't obvious how to breadboard such a
package. Do they require a special socket?
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Thanks for writing,
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bob prohaska
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 I think I can Dremel a hunk of FR4 enough to start testing one, but it
will take a real proto PCB, with vias, to do it right. I have a summer
intern starting on Monday and it would be a good project for him.
 One could solder small wires to it too, for basic DC tests.
 I'm thinking about making a high-voltage pulse generator with this
part, with some sort of transmission-line transformer for polarity
control and isolation and maybe step-up.
 As always, gate drive is the interesting part, and the low gate charge
sure helps.
 If we do a proto PC board, we'll include some shear-off adapters.
Everybody who makes parts like this should offer adapters. Maybe
somebody sells something.
 

it would probably take two cups of coffee to design and order from JLCPCB, something like $50 for 100 with a stencil delivered in a week