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IRF830 N-Channel Power MOSFET

The IRF830 is a fast switching high voltage N-Channel MOSFET with a low on-state resistance. The Mosfet has a maximum drain to source voltage of 500V. The mosfet will have a drain to source internal resistance of 1.5Ω when triggered with 10V gate voltage.

 

Pin Configuration

Pin Number

Pin Name

Description

1

Source

Current flows out through Source (maximum 4.5A)

2

Gate

Controls the biasing of the MOSFET (Threshold voltage 10V)

3

Drain

Current flows in through Drain

 

Features

  • N-Channel Power MOSFET
  • Continuous Drain Current (ID): 4.5A
  • Gate threshold voltage (VGS-th) is 10V (limit = ±20V) 
  • Drain to Source Breakdown Voltage: 500V
  • Drain Source Resistance (RDS) is 1.5 Ohms
  • Rise time and fall time is 16nS and 16nS
  • Available in To-220 package

Note: Complete technical details can be found at the IRF830 datasheet linked at the bottom of the page

 

Alternatives for IRF830 

8N50, FTK480, KF12N50

 

Other N-channel MOSFETS 

IRF840, IRF740, BSS138IRF5202N7002, BS170, BSS123, IRF3205, IRF1010E

 

About IRF830 MOSFET

The IRF840 is an N-Channel Power MOSFET which can switch loads upto 500V with a drain current of 4.5A. If you need a relatively high current Mosfet you can check the IRF840. Both Mosfet has a gate threshold voltage of 10V across the Gate and Source pin with a on-state resistance of 1.5Ω. Since the mosfet is for switching high current high voltage loads it has a relatively high gate voltage, hence cannot be used directly with a I/O pin of a CPU. If you prefer a mosfet with low gate voltage then try IRF540N or 2N7002 etc. 

One considerable disadvantage of the IRF830 Mosfet is its high on-resistance (RDS) value which is about 1.5 ohms. Hence this mosfet cannot be used in applications where high switching efficiency is required. The Mosfet requires a driver circuit to provide 10V to the gate pin of this Mosfet the simplest driver circuit can be build using a transistor. It is relatively cheap and has very low thermal resistance, added to this the mosfet also has good switching speeds and hence can be used in DC-DC converter circuits. 

 

Applications 

  • Switching high power devices 
  • Inverter Circuits
  • DC-DC Converters
  • Control speed of motors
  • LED dimmers or flashers
  • High Speed switching applications 

 

2D model of the component 

If you are designing a PCB or Perf board with this component then the following picture from the IRF830 Datasheet will be useful to know its package type and dimensions.

IRF830 MOSFET Dimensions

Component Datasheet

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