10ns Variable Current Gate Driver with Control Loop for Optimized Gate Current Timing and Level Control for In-Transition Slope Shaping

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OriginalspracheEnglisch
Titel des Sammelwerks2017 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC)
Herausgeber (Verlag)Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Seiten3570-3575
Seitenumfang6
ISBN (elektronisch)9781509053667
ISBN (Print)9781509053674
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 2017
Extern publiziertJa
Veranstaltung32nd Annual IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition, APEC 2017 - Tampa, USA / Vereinigte Staaten
Dauer: 26 März 201730 März 2017

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NameConference Proceedings - IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition - APEC
ISSN (elektronisch)2470-6647

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Modern power transistors are able to switch at very high transition speed, which can cause EMC violations and overshoot. This is addressed by a gate driver with variable gate current, which is able to control the transition speed. The key idea is that the gate driver can influence the di/dt and dv/dt transition separately and optimize whichever transition promises the highest improvement while keeping switching losses low. To account for changes in the load current, supply voltage, etc., a control loop is required in the driver to ensure optimized switching. In this paper, a efficient control scheme for an automotive gate driver with variable output current capability is presented. The effectiveness of the control loop is demonstrated for a MOSFET bridge consisting of OptiMOS-T2™devices with a total gate charge of 39nC. This bridge setup shows dv/dt transitions between 50 to 1000ns, depending on driving current. The driver is able to switch between gate current levels of 1 to 500mA in 10/15ns (rising/falling transition). With the implemented control loop the driver is measured to significantly reduce the ringing and thereby reduce device stress and electromagnetic emissions while keeping switching losses 52% lower than with a constant current driver.

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10ns Variable Current Gate Driver with Control Loop for Optimized Gate Current Timing and Level Control for In-Transition Slope Shaping. / Schindler, Alexis; Koeppl, Benno; Wicht, Bernhard et al.
2017 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2017. S. 3570-3575 7931210 (Conference Proceedings - IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition - APEC).

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Schindler, A, Koeppl, B, Wicht, B & Groeger, J 2017, 10ns Variable Current Gate Driver with Control Loop for Optimized Gate Current Timing and Level Control for In-Transition Slope Shaping. in 2017 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC)., 7931210, Conference Proceedings - IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition - APEC, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., S. 3570-3575, 32nd Annual IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition, APEC 2017, Tampa, USA / Vereinigte Staaten, 26 März 2017. https://doi.org/10.1109/APEC.2017.7931210
Schindler, A., Koeppl, B., Wicht, B., & Groeger, J. (2017). 10ns Variable Current Gate Driver with Control Loop for Optimized Gate Current Timing and Level Control for In-Transition Slope Shaping. In 2017 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC) (S. 3570-3575). Artikel 7931210 (Conference Proceedings - IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition - APEC). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/APEC.2017.7931210
Schindler A, Koeppl B, Wicht B, Groeger J. 10ns Variable Current Gate Driver with Control Loop for Optimized Gate Current Timing and Level Control for In-Transition Slope Shaping. in 2017 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2017. S. 3570-3575. 7931210. (Conference Proceedings - IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition - APEC). doi: 10.1109/APEC.2017.7931210
Schindler, Alexis ; Koeppl, Benno ; Wicht, Bernhard et al. / 10ns Variable Current Gate Driver with Control Loop for Optimized Gate Current Timing and Level Control for In-Transition Slope Shaping. 2017 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2017. S. 3570-3575 (Conference Proceedings - IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition - APEC).
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