Switching module

A switching module, in which a MOSFET and a driver circuit that applies a gate drive voltage to a gate electrode of the MOSFET are mounted on a substrate, wherein

• the driver circuit is electrically connected to the MOSFET through a damping adjustment element and bonding wires arranged between the driver circuit and the gate electrode,
• the damping adjustment element includes at least a gate resistor configured to control a damping rate of a return voltage after application of a gate driving voltage from the driver circuit is completed,
• a dumping constant ζ for attenuating an amplitude of a gate-source voltage Vgs is defined by the following equation:
• ζ=Rg+Rg/2√{square root over (Ciss/Ls)}
• where Ciss is an input capacitance defined as Ciss=Cgs+Cgd, with Cgs being a gate-source capacitance and Cgd being a gate-drain capacitance of the MOSFET, Ls is a stray inductance, Rs is a resistance component of the bonding wire, and Rg is a gate resistance,
• Vgs1 is a gate-source voltage one cycle after the gate-source voltage Vgs from the driver circuit is turned off, wherein Vgs1 is characterized by an output voltage Vdr and is defined by the following equation:
• Vgs1=Vdr/√{square root over (1=ζg)}e−2nζ/√{square root over (1−ζg)}
• where the gate resistor is configured to have a resistance value Rg so that the gate-source voltage Vgs1 does not exceed a threshold value Vth that turns the MOSFET on.