Hi Nikhil, I'm glad to hear that you've been successfull with that approach. I should have been clearer that that was what I meant.. applying the resistance in series with the gate of the FET. I guess it is the charging up of the gate-source capacitance that results in the voltage threshold of the FET being crossed for turn-on.. and the additional resistance reduces the current flow, thereby making it take longer to charge up and longer to switch (correct me if I don't properly understand this?) As for the thermal issue, I guess that would be because the FET remains in the linear region longer before it goes into saturation? This is a really good point.. thank you. Thanks so much!!! Joseph Aday npatel@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: In the past to reduce EMI out of SMPS I have added resistance to the gate of the FET and had very good luck with it. However this causes thermal issues. Check FET specs for thermal compliance. Nikhil -----Original Message----- From: si-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:si-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Joseph Aday Sent: Friday, July 20, 2007 3:30 PM To: si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [SI-LIST] Switching FET Slew Rate Hi All, I am curious to see if anyone has an opinion on the best way to slow down the slew rate of a FET in a switching power supply. One way is to add a series termination resistor at the final output, but this would change the DC power level since it affects the DC drive stength. A second way is to add some source resistance to the FET. This seems to be effective. I'd love to hear others' opinions / experiences, if any? This is intended to be an open question, not necessarily specific to any design. Thank you, Joseph Aday ------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from si-list: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field or to administer your membership from a web page, go to: //www.freelists.org/webpage/si-list For help: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the Subject field List technical documents are available at: http://www.si-list.net List archives are viewable at: //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list or at our remote archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list/messages Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu ------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from si-list: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field or to administer your membership from a web page, go to: //www.freelists.org/webpage/si-list For help: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the Subject field List technical documents are available at: http://www.si-list.net List archives are viewable at: //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list or at our remote archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list/messages Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu