When operating a MOSFET beyond its Safe Operating Area, which failure mode results from exceeding the pulsed drain current?

💡 Explanation

Secondary breakdown occurs, because current crowding causes localized hot spots leading to destructive thermal runaway; therefore the MOSFET fails catastrophically rather than experiencing gradual parameter degradation from gate oxide or threshold voltage shifts.

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