On Wed, 20 Feb 2002, Dwayne Reid wrote:

> Remember that a conducting MOSFET looks like a resistor, NOT a saturated
> bipolar transistor.  As such, it conducts BOTH directions when enhanced
> (on).  In other words, the Vf of the body diode is swamped by the ON
> resistance of the FET.  Because Dave drives both gates at the same time,
> both FETs are turned on.

See, I didn't know that.  I *thought* it might be the case, but couldn't
find any confirmation of it anywhere.  I couldn't find any reference in
the data sheets as to whether Rds(on) was the same as Rsd(on)...  but I
suppose the R part should have been a give-away, in hindsight.

Thanks for the correction.  Now that I've learned something I guess I can
go home and call it a day!  8-)

Dale

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