Since the switching element the transistor was at ground it.
High side switch transistor.
The opposite of the low side switch is the high side switch.
In addition several protection features are integrated.
This time however the emitter is tied high.
The load was connected to the power source and an npn transistor acted as a switch to ground.
The circuit above is called a low side switch because the switch our transistor is on the low ground side of the circuit.
All the circuits had similar topologies.
Alternatively we can use a pnp transistor to create a high side switch.
Part 7 covered using transistors to switch loads that require higher currents or voltages than the microcontroller can handle.
Typically these use a pnp bjt or p channel mosfet.
A gate driver is a specially designed circuit that is used to drive the gate of mosfet or.
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The real switch is still the pnp transistor on the right.
Which means that pnp transistor shown in the first image will always be on regardless of the i o pin state.
Ir2110 is a high low side gate driver ic which is used with power mosfet and igbt.
It consists of a mosfet a gate driver with charge pump and multiple protection and diagnosis features.
For example short circuit protection can protect the mosfet if a short to ground battery occurs.
The mosfet were used as high side switches in the circuit.
Profet protected field effect transistors is our high side smart power switch brand.
For driving the mosfet in high side configuration ir2110 gate driver ic was used.
While designing the ups circuits mosfet were used in the inverter circuits.
Similar to the npn circuit the base is our input and the emitter is tied to a constant voltage.