Also referred to as MOSFET Gate Drivers or Gate Drive Optocouplers, SSO Photo-Voltaic MOSFET Drivers are an optically isolated means of driving discrete MOSFETs. Unlike conventional MOSFET Drivers, Photo-Voltaic MOSFET Drivers require no complex and costly external power supply circuitry to operate.
Advantages
SSO MOSFET Drivers allow designers the flexibility to create discrete SSRs by choosing the isolation value and MOSFET gate voltages separately from the discrete MOSFET being driven, simplifying circuit designs through reduced drive circuit complexity, cost and board space.
- Input control current (2–20 mA)
- Solid state reliability
- Short circuit currents (3–25 µA)
- Open circuit voltages (6–14 V)
- No need for an external power supply
- Offered in 4-pin SOP, 6-pin DIP/SMD and 8-pin DIP/SMD packages
- High input-to-output potential isolation, up to 5 kVrms
Integrated rapid discharge, guaranteeing fast turn-off times.
SSO Photo-Voltaic MOSFET Drivers operate by application of a low power signal from the primary side of the isolation barrier, which turns on an input LED optically coupled to SSO's proprietary IC. This IC provides an output voltage used to drive the gate of a discrete MOSFET. The integrated rapid discharge circuit of the IC guarantees fast turn-off times.
Applications
These advantages make Photo-Voltaic MOSFET Drivers the ideal choice for:
- Discrete SSRs
- MOSFET gate drive
- Telecommunications
- Programmable controls
- Process controls
- Floating power sources
- Instrumentation
Devices
Every device here: Drive current (max) 10 mA
| Part number | Poles | Package | Drive (max) mA | Datasheet | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MD203 | Single | 4 SOP | 6.3 | 1500 | 4 | 10 | PDF ↓ |
| SM4202 | Single | 4 SOP | 6.3 | 1500 | 12 | 10 | PDF ↓ |
| SM4203 | Single | 4 SOP | 6.3 | 1500 | 20 | 10 | PDF ↓ |
| SM4204 | Single | 4 SOP | 7 | 1500 | 15 | 10 | PDF ↓ |
| SM4205 | Single | 4 SOP | 7 | 1500 | 25 | 10 | PDF ↓ |
| SM4206 | Single | 4 SOP | 12 | 1500 | 4 | 10 | PDF ↓ |
| SM4207 | Single | 4 SOP | 12 | 1500 | 12 | 10 | PDF ↓ |
| SM4208 | Single | 4 SOP | 12 | 1500 | 20 | 10 | PDF ↓ |
| SM4209 | Single | 4 SOP | 14 | 1500 | 15 | 10 | PDF ↓ |
| SM4210 | Single | 4 SOP | 14 | 1500 | 25 | 10 | PDF ↓ |
| MD601 | Single | 6 DIP/SMD | 6.3 | 5000 | 4 | 10 | PDF ↓ |
| SM6002 | Single | 6 DIP/SMD | 6.3 | 5000 | 12 | 10 | PDF ↓ |
| SM6003 | Single | 6 DIP/SMD | 6.3 | 5000 | 20 | 10 | PDF ↓ |
| SM6004 | Single | 6 DIP/SMD | 7 | 5000 | 15 | 10 | PDF ↓ |
| SM6005 | Single | 6 DIP/SMD | 7 | 5000 | 25 | 10 | PDF ↓ |
| SM6006 | Single | 6 DIP/SMD | 12 | 5000 | 4 | 10 | PDF ↓ |
| SM6007 | Single | 6 DIP/SMD | 12 | 5000 | 12 | 10 | PDF ↓ |
| SM6008 | Single | 6 DIP/SMD | 12 | 5000 | 20 | 10 | PDF ↓ |
| MD621 | Single | 6 DIP/SMD | 14 | 5000 | 4 | 10 | PDF ↓ |
| SM6009 | Single | 6 DIP/SMD | 14 | 5000 | 15 | 10 | PDF ↓ |
| SM6010 | Single | 6 DIP/SMD | 14 | 5000 | 25 | 10 | PDF ↓ |
| SM8021 | Dual | 8 DIP/SMD | 6.3 | 5000 | 4 | 10 | PDF ↓ |
| SM8022 | Dual | 8 DIP/SMD | 6.3 | 5000 | 12 | 10 | PDF ↓ |
| SM8023 | Dual | 8 DIP/SMD | 6.3 | 5000 | 20 | 10 | PDF ↓ |
| SM8024 | Dual | 8 DIP/SMD | 7 | 5000 | 15 | 10 | PDF ↓ |
| SM8025 | Dual | 8 DIP/SMD | 7 | 5000 | 25 | 10 | PDF ↓ |
| SM8026 | Dual | 8 DIP/SMD | 12 | 5000 | 4 | 10 | PDF ↓ |
| SM8027 | Dual | 8 DIP/SMD | 12 | 5000 | 12 | 10 | PDF ↓ |
| SM8028 | Dual | 8 DIP/SMD | 12 | 5000 | 20 | 10 | PDF ↓ |
| SM8029 | Dual | 8 DIP/SMD | 14 | 5000 | 15 | 10 | PDF ↓ |
| SM8030 | Dual | 8 DIP/SMD | 14 | 5000 | 25 | 10 | PDF ↓ |
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