an i directly give the stepped down AC voltage of 15V/12?

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MOSFET Supply doubt

Can i directly give the stepped down AC voltage of 15V/12V from the transformer to the source/drain of the MOSFET?
 

MOSFET Supply doubt

That would depend on the MOSFET, and the desired outcome.

Power MOSFETs are not symmetric and they would stand off
the voltage during one (say, positive VD-VS for NMOS) half
cycle but conduct through the body-drain diode when drain
goes negative (seldom a good thing).

There are "photoMOS" type solid state relays that take two
MOSFETs, "butterfly" them about the S/B terminal and pump
the two gates (relative to S) with a photoelectric current
from a LED.

The butterfly arrangement gives symmetric voltage blocking
(at cost of ~2X Rds(on) and the optical-electrical path gives
galvanic isolation between control and power domains.
 

MOSFET Supply doubt

@dick_freebird:
I hav planned to use IRF 450...wat abt that???
 

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