Totem Pole Circuit Mosfet Driver. Totem pole basically an output driver circuit use to convert one level of voltage into another level of voltage. I would use a gate driver here or reduce the base gate resistors they look appropriate for linear applications.
I would use a gate driver here or reduce the base gate resistors they look appropriate for linear applications. Power mosfet models figure 2c is the switching model of the mosfet. For example you want to drive gate of mosfet with the help of microcontroller output pin the microcontroller output pin is generating a square wave of voltage level 5 volt and to fully drive mosfet gate of p channel mosfet you need to provide 12 volt at the gate of p channel mosfet.
Why and where it is used.
Fundamentals of mosfet and igbt gate driver circuits figure 2. The pros and cons of each driver as related to driving high input capacitance large die mos devices are discussed. Their respective roles are discussed in section 2 3 which is dedicated to the switching procedure of the device. Totem pole push pull output stages two matched transistors of the same polarity can be arranged to supply opposite halves of each cycle without the need for an output transformer although in doing so the driver circuit often is asymmetric and one transistor will be used in a common emitter configuration while the other is used as an emitter follower.
