strokedmaro
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Im new to MOSFETS (1st time using them) and was curious about a few things. I recently received 4 of these:
Digi-Key - IRF3711ZPBF-ND (International Rectifier - IRF3711ZPBF)
My first question is why does it have two drains? Just because? I also see that some of the surface mount MOSFETS have drain PIN cut off...could I do that also? Some datasheets also give dimentions for the circuit board area the drain is soldered to (the larger pad) for cooling...on the data sheet for these IRF3711's there is no information about that (even for the surface mount kind) How would you figure that out.
Finally this MOSFET has a hole which Im assuming could be simply screwed to a heat sink of some kind....could it also simply be soldered to a cb? THANKS
Digi-Key - IRF3711ZPBF-ND (International Rectifier - IRF3711ZPBF)
My first question is why does it have two drains? Just because? I also see that some of the surface mount MOSFETS have drain PIN cut off...could I do that also? Some datasheets also give dimentions for the circuit board area the drain is soldered to (the larger pad) for cooling...on the data sheet for these IRF3711's there is no information about that (even for the surface mount kind) How would you figure that out.
Finally this MOSFET has a hole which Im assuming could be simply screwed to a heat sink of some kind....could it also simply be soldered to a cb? THANKS