With these features, MOSFETs can be used in common switching regulator applications without excessive additional circuitry. In some cases, a push–pull amplifier stage may be needed to bring the gate drive output from a MOSFET gate driver up to the correct voltage and current. Check your gate d...
Externally added capacitance, like QGD_EXT in Figure 1, will result in a greater total QG that will need to be charged by the gate driver when switching the MOSEFT. The amount of charge that will be added to the total QG of the MOSFET can be fo...
Section 8.2.1.2 of the datasheet provides detailed guide for choosing the right MOSFET. Double check the parameters of the FETs are acceptable by using the equations given in the datasheet. The main parameter to check is the Qg (total gate charge) since it directly ...
This is the standard method of using any transistor like a switch for controlling a given load. You can see when a small external voltage is applied to the base, the transistor switches ON and conducts heavier current across the collector emitter terminals, switching on a bigger load. The bas...
There are high speed laser diode driver IC's available, you could drive your LED with one of them and be done with it. You could also just use a high speed mosfet and a current limiting resistor, although your current control will not be too good. ...
If I use an H-bridge instead (like I originally intended), then the polarity will invert, and the element will see a full range +8V to -8V (16Vpp). Or should I use a mosfet in series with the element on a 16VDC supply to get 16Vp-p? Logged Fara-day? Fara-night....
The selection of the gate driver is vital, and historically it was okay to use a sequential approach to selecting the gate driver, said Weber. “Prior to SiC you’d pick the IGBT first then the gate driver second then the busbars and the capacitor, etc.,” said ...
Thus, transition from one state to another needs to be fast so as to minimize switching time. To achieve this, a high transient current is needed to charge and discharge the gate capacitor quickly. Figure. 2. MOSFET turn on transition without a gate driver A driver that can source/sink...
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AN4671 Application note How to fine tune your SiC MOSFET gate driver to minimize losses L. Abbatelli, C. Brusca, G. Catalisano Introduction Power electronics today is about the constant pursuit of efficiency improvements as well as ...