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  1.   1
  2.   Abstract
  3.   Trademarks
  4. 1Introduction
  5. 2Review the Data Sheet Limits
  6. 3Application-specific FETs
  7. 4Gate Drive Voltage Specifications
    1. 4.1 Absolute maximum VGS
    2. 4.2 Gate-to-source Threshold Voltage, VGS(th)
  8. 5High-side and Low-side Switches
    1. 5.1 Driving a High-side N-channel FET
    2. 5.2 Driving a Low-side N-channel FET
    3. 5.3 Driving a High-side P-channel FET
  9. 6Use a Gate-to-source Resistor
  10. 7Lowest RDS(on)≠ Lowest Power Loss
  11. 8Summary
  12. 9References

5.2 Driving a Low-side N-channel FET

Driving a low-side N-channel FET is much simpler since the source is grounded and the gate only needs to be driven to the minimum value of VGS where RDS(on) is specified in the data sheet.