In my previous message, I wrote: > Bipolar transistors have negative temperature coefficient, > i.e. resistance goes down as they heat up. For two paralleled outputs, > the one with lower on-resistance will take more current, and will heat > up more, resistance becomes even lower, etc. The positive feedback > quickly causes current imbalance. > > MOSFETs are different, and have positive temperature coefficient, so > from this point of view, their outputs can be paralleled. However, > there can be other problems with paralleling MOSFETs. I just realized I switched the words "positive" and "negative" - sorry if it caused any confusion. -- Martin Nilsson