Which mechanism causes thermal runaway in a power transistor within a DC-DC converter?

💡 Explanation

When the transistor temperature increases, leakage current increases because of increased electron mobility, leading to increased power dissipation and further temperature rise, causing thermal runaway. Therefore increased leakage current results, rather than resistance increase, gain decrease, or speed decrease, which do not cause this positive feedback.

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