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I'm looking for a few MOSFETs for a really small motor. This question is exactly what I am asking but I'm afraid this might be marked as a duplicate.

Basically, I have really small motors rated more or less 1A 3.7V. The answer provided in the question was to use a SSM3K123TU mosfet but I'm having a hard time looking for the specific piece. What I found instead while roaming around eBay were these:

I'm guessing that these are extremely overkill for my purposes, but I might be wrong. I'm just looking to control a 1A 3.7V motor using PWM. I'm concerned that these might be too inefficient and there might be smaller ones available.

Are these okay to use with a small load or should I go look for smaller ones?

This might/might not help:

Power source: 3.8V to 5V

Max motor current: <1.5 A

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I'm not going to do a direct answer: -

A good start is to look at absolute maximum voltages and current and check that any potential MOSFET you choose is ~ twice as good as what you believe you need for your circuit.

Next, I'd look at what the SSM3K123TU device does for you and this graph is very important: -

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It tells you plenty of things about how good it will be at delivering power to the motor whilst not getting too warm itself. For instance, with a 1.2 volt gate-source drive and a 1A load (motor) you might expect to see an 70mV drop across the MOSFET. This is a power dissipation of 70mW. However, if your circuit could drive the gate with 4 volts, expect only a 20mV drop across the MOSFET when delivering 1A to the motor.

So that's it in simple terms - choose a MOSFET that matches what the SSM3K123TU delivers in these respects and you are likely to be able to make a long list of potential mosfets turn into a short list.

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    So basically, I can choose whatever mosfet I want, as long as it can accommodate my needs. Is that right or is there something horribly wrong with what I just said? @Andyaka – Aloha Sep 03 '15 at 11:04
  • As an addendum to this - the first sentence of Andy's answer should help you immediately eliminate one of the MOSFETs you proposed in your initial question. – stefandz Sep 03 '15 at 12:02
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    @PandaLion98 understanding your needs is the hardest part usually. – Andy aka Sep 03 '15 at 12:55
  • Alright, if you want to be pedantic, the first line containing technical information. – stefandz Sep 07 '15 at 08:38