[Pictures] BURNT mosfet - Weelye Bluetooth Remote Control and Receiver

[ileacristian]

Hi!

I want to repair a broken remote control and receiver board for a toy car for kids (Weelye).
Upon inspection I found that the mosfet got burned (someone powered it with higher voltage I think).

Here are some pictures:

After some scavanging online, I found that the piece might be a 150N03.
I found this one a polish forum using google translate (https://www.elektroda.pl/rtvforum/topic3237823.html).

Someone there suggested that a IRF3305PBF would be an equivalent replacement.
Apart from aliexpress I have not found any places where these parts are sold.

 Can someone guide me to find something that might be equivalent? I would also be interested in learning what are the characteristics that make 2 parts like these quivalent. I don't just wanna fix it and learn nothing. I'm a newbie btw.

If anyone is interested in the aliexpress parts I mentioned, here are the links:

• 150N03
• IRF3305PBF

Thanks!

[D Straney]

When I look for drop-in replacements for MOSFETs, I aim for:
* Same package (TO-220)
* Same pinout (usually same package = same pinout, but there are occasional surprises...worth double-checking just to be sure)
* Same or higher maximum Vds (>= 30V in this case)
* Same or higher maximum Vgs (>= +/- 20V here, luckily this is pretty standard)
* Similar Vgs(th) turn-on thresholds: 1-3V range for 150N03 vs. 2-4V range for IRF3305 seems pretty reasonable - as long as you don't use one with a 5-7V range to replace one with a 1-3V range.
* Same or lower Rds-on: the 150N03 has a max. 4 mOhms @ Vgs=10V (pay attention to the conditions, because there's a difference between the "typical" and "max." specs, and also the Rds-on changes with Vgs), while the IRF part has a max. 8 mOhms @ Vgs=10V...I'm a bit confused why someone would suggest this as a drop-in replacement because the resistance is twice as high as the original.  It's possible that conduction losses (heating due to the current through this on-resistance) aren't the dominant factor here, but that's hard to know on somebody else's design without a lot of testing, etc.
* Similar capacitances: look at the Ciss and Coss vs. voltage curves when available (like figure 5 in the IRF3305 datasheet), unfortunately the 150N03 is a massively under-specified part with a terrible datasheet, which doesn't include these.  However, you can at least compare the single Ciss and Coss points it gives in the electrical characteristics table, at Vds=25V, to see that they're pretty comparable to the IRF3305's same numbers.  These are more important the higher the switching frequency gets, but in this case I'd guess that the motor control PWM is comparatively slow (maybe a few kHz), so as long as your replacement MOSFET doesn't have twice the capacitance it's probably fine.

The MOSFET part numbers I know off the top of my head are all for seriously-higher-frequency applications, but check Digikey: their site's undergoing maintenance right now so I can't post a link, but if you look in the "Discrete Semiconductors - MOSFETs, Single" category there's a nice parametric search where you can narrow down the big parameters you want (like Rds-on and package type), then sort by price and start looking at datasheets.

[kjr18]

As Straney said, there are some important things you need to take note: Rds on is one of more important, the lower it gets, the smaller heat generated under load. Gate threshold voltage also needs to be low enough to turn mosfet on fully. You can try find something on tme.eu. This link might be helpful