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Originally Posted by Aerosound
and I came up with the possibility of maybe the gate, source, or drain inside the MOSFETs coming out of alignment, which would mess up the circuit and cause an overheat.
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Considering that these sections of the
MOSFET are one solid piece, that's impossible.
To make the Gate, Source and Drain of a FET, one takes a solid chunk of Silicon, and adds small amounts of special impurities by painting it on to the outside, then baking in an oven to get the 'paint' to soak into the silicon.
While the actual process is quite a bit more complex, this explanation will give you the right idea as to how it is done.