International Rectifier
Contributions in the toolbox
- 1976
First commercial vertical power MOSFETs reach the market.
→ MOSFET Conduction + Switching Loss - 1978
HEXFET power MOSFETs — faster edges, same RC medicine.
→ RC Snubber (Ring Killer) - 1978
HEXFET launched — R_DS(on) becomes the loss metric designers optimize.
→ MOSFET Conduction + Switching Loss