Michael,

?That VN0550N3-G looks to be perfectly suited, thanks! Looks like they only have 28 in stock presently, better make your purchase!

I may order a few too but I will wait till you and Peter (perhaps) get yours.

Yes, depletion mode will work fine in this circuit as csacodes. Only difference is the sign of Vgs, being negative. I have already simulated that, and in fact have looked for a similar n-ch JFET which is also naturally depletion mode.

rogerw

On 4/2/2022 11:10 AM, Michael J Emerson wrote:

Roger / Peter

I have been following this thread with much interest. Thank you

I looked for low current MOSFETs and found this one that is through hole and affordable : VN0550N3-G? $1.75 each

Before I purchase I would like your input

also -

the MOSFET post below is a depletion mode - will that work? Following along I thought the circuit required enhancement mode.

Thank you for your help

michael j

On 4/2/2022 10:06 AM, Roger Whatley wrote:

Peter,

Here is a HV n-ch MosFet? that looks very promising:

If it can be had in a thru-hole package......

rogerw

On 4/2/2022 8:27 AM, Roger Whatley via groups.io wrote:

Peter,

1) Well, I don't have an enviro chamber either..... in fact I don't even have a breadboard!? :-)

2) I thought the 2sk3563's had finally worked ok in earlier versions?

3) Best I found:

They are available at Mouser or Digikey, $2.58 at Digikey. Since it is 1000V only one cascode is needed, but two might still be worthwhile to avoid constant operation near the breakdown voltage (reliability).

4) I could not find any HV MosFet not in a power package like at least a TO-220. This circuit is extremely low power in the MosFets, never exceeding about 1/8 W in the cascodes.

"I don't like it but I guess things happen that way." - J. Cash

rogerw

On 4/1/2022 11:02 PM, peter via groups.io wrote:

Roger:
?I don't have an environmental chamber at home, I only have a hair dryer!.
I didnt temperature test. I did cobble the circuit using three 5.1V zeners( I did pick up the 6.2V Rohm zeners but didn't use them yet)
I think the over size MOSFETs (2SK3563) are causing issues because the regulation is not stiff, it still rises about 100V over 900V as the Vcc raised past 900V and up to 1150V.? Again, if I tie the top end of the resistor divider to Vcc instead of the drain of the upper mosfet, regulation improves, and I see only about a 25V increase.?

I got to look for some smaller 100mA size 1000V mosfets. Unfortunately I haven't found anything that uses every remotely close in the e-recycling bins! Most items have mosfets in the 200~ 500V range at several to tens of amps.

P

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