Ir2110 is a high low side gate driver ic which is used with power mosfet and igbt.
Mosfet high side switch circuit.
Ir2110 which is arguably the most popular high low side mosfet driver features a high side driver and a low side driver in a single device.
For an n channel mosfet the source connects to ground and the drain connects to the negative side of the load.
The opposite of the low side switch is the high side switch.
A circuit for a typical high side switch using a p channel mosfet is shown in fig.
One fault common to such circuits has been the excessive crossover current during switching that may occur if the gate drive allows both mosfets to be on simultaneously.
This transistor connects between v and the load.
Ir2117 for example is one driver that contains a single driver that can be used to drive a high side mosfet driver.
For driving the mosfet in high side configuration ir2110 gate driver ic was used.
However it just comes down to the voltage difference between gate and source.
While you can use a jfet for this circuit an enhancement mode mosfet works better.
In a p channel device the conventional flow of drain current is in the negative direction so a negative gate source voltage is applied to switch the transistor on.
A high side p channel mosfet and a low side n channel mosfet tied with common drains figure 5 make a superb high current ªcmos equivalentº switch.
Firsly in fig 4 6 13 the resistor r4 whose purpose is to discharge any remaining potential on the gate at switch off is now connected to the positive supply rail instead of to ground.
I ve written a detailed tutorial regarding the use of ir2110.
That s creating a low side switch.
My logic is that since it is a series circuit the mosfet should handle the current whether the load was in the source or in the drain.
Just use an integrated high side switch something like auri3313 and a sot323 transistor and you have a high side switch with 10mohm 20a thermal protection short circuit protection for few.
The mosfets were used as high side switches in the circuit.
N channel p channel 15.
Usually a p channel will be configured as a high side switch as i show here.