Low jitter and drift high voltage IGBT gate driver

2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chaofeng Huang ◽  
R. Saethre ◽  
P. Melcher ◽  
R. Ness
Keyword(s):  
High Voltage ◽  
Low Jitter ◽  
Gate Driver

An SOI-based High-Voltage, High-Temperature Gate-Driver for SiC FET

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. A Huque ◽  
R. Vijayaraghavan ◽  
M. Zhang ◽  
B. J. Blalock ◽  
L M. Tolbert ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Temperature ◽  
High Voltage ◽  
Gate Driver

scholarly journals A UNIVERSAL SOI-BASED HIGH TEMPERATURE GATE DRIVER INTEGRATED CIRCUIT FOR SiC POWER SWITCHES WITH ON-CHIP SHORT CIRCUIT PROTECTION

2011 ◽  
Vol 20 (03) ◽  
pp. 471-484 ◽  
Author(s):  
LIANG ZUO ◽  
ROBERT GREENWELL ◽  
SYED K. ISLAM ◽  
M. A. HUQUE ◽  
BENJAMIN J. BLALOCK ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Temperature ◽  
High Voltage ◽  
Integrated Circuit ◽  
Heat Sink ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Short Circuit ◽  
Silicon On Insulator ◽  
Successful Operation ◽  
Power Switches ◽  
Gate Driver

In recent years, increasing demand for hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) has generated the need for reliable and low-cost high-temperature electronics which can operate at the high temperatures under the hood of these vehicles. A high-voltage and high temperature gate-driver integrated circuit for SiC FET switches with short circuit protection has been designed and implemented in a 0.8-micron silicon-on-insulator (SOI) high-voltage process. The prototype chip has been successfully tested up to 200°C ambient temperature without any heat sink or cooling mechanism. This gate-driver chip can drive SiC power FETs of the DC-DC converters in a HEV, and future chip modifications will allow it to drive the SiC power FETs of the traction drive inverter. The converter modules along with the gate-driver chip will be placed very close to the engine where the temperature can reach up to 175ΰC. Successful operation of the chip at this temperature with or without minimal heat sink and without liquid cooling will help achieve greater power-to-volume as well as power-to-weight ratios for the power electronics module.

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