11.
    发明专利
    未知

    公开(公告)号:ITMI962097A1

    公开(公告)日:1998-04-10

    申请号:ITMI962097

    申请日:1996-10-10

    Abstract: In a level shifted high voltage MOSgate device driver which drives MOSgate devices such as IGBTs and power MOSFETs, effects of negative voltage swings caused by currents commutating through LS1 and LS2 inductances in the power circuits are avoided due to several measures. First, the values of the inductances LS1 and LS2 are reduced by keeping short conductor lengths, by other layout/wire bonding techniques to reduce the values of the LS1 and LS2 inductances. The external, charging capacitor Cb value is increased substantially to reduce the voltage buildup on the internal circuitry. A typical value is 0.47 mu F, for a given circuit, IGBT and layout combination. The size of the CVCC capacitor is selected to keep the supply voltage as stiff as possible. Preferably, CVCC is at about ten times the value of the sum of the Cb capacitance in the circuit. The resistance Rb in the bootstrap path is reduced as much as possible, preferably to zero. Finally, a resistor RCOM is optionally added between the common nodes of the driver circuit and the power device circuit.

    13.
    发明专利
    未知

    公开(公告)号:DE19749392B4

    公开(公告)日:2007-04-05

    申请号:DE19749392

    申请日:1997-11-07

    Abstract: A current sensing circuit including a shunt resistor coupled, at one end, to the low-side transistor of a half bridge circuit and, at its other end, to a load. The voltage sensed across the shunt resistor is proportional to the current delivered to the load. A level shifting circuit is provided to transpose the sensed voltage to a low voltage signal which can be fed back to control commutation of the transistors in the half bridge circuit.

    15.
    发明专利
    未知

    公开(公告)号:FR2755766B1

    公开(公告)日:2000-04-07

    申请号:FR9714028

    申请日:1997-11-07

    Abstract: A current sensing circuit including a shunt resistor coupled, at one end, to the low-side transistor of a half bridge circuit and, at its other end, to a load. The voltage sensed across the shunt resistor is proportional to the current delivered to the load. A level shifting circuit is provided to transpose the sensed voltage to a low voltage signal which can be fed back to control commutation of the transistors in the half bridge circuit.

    Driver for insulated gate bipolar transistor

    公开(公告)号:DE19753294C1

    公开(公告)日:1999-04-29

    申请号:DE19753294

    申请日:1997-12-01

    Abstract: The driver includes a diode (D), a capacitor (C1) and a resistor (R2) which clamp the output of the opto-isolator (2) to a higher voltage than that required to drive buffer (4). The value of the capacitor is selected to swamp the internal transistor of the opto-isolator. The capacitor charges up to the supply voltage (Vcc) and remains fully charged and isolated from the opto-isolator driver. If the power supply dies down, the capacitor discharges and resets itself, ready for the next power-up.

    18.
    发明专利
    未知

    公开(公告)号:DE19749392A1

    公开(公告)日:1998-05-20

    申请号:DE19749392

    申请日:1997-11-07

    Abstract: A current sensing circuit comprises a resistor RShunt suitable for coupling to a load supply arrangement such that the voltage across the resistor is proportional to the current delivered to the said load. The voltage signal across the resistor is processed via circuitry for adjusting the voltage signal relative to a reference signal such that the resulting voltage signal may be used as a feedback signal to control the commutation of a converter device. The current sensing resistor Rshunt may be located in the converter device with one end connected to a junction between a high-side switching device and a low-side switching device of a half bridge arrangement and the other end being connected to the load. Analog or digital circuitry arrangements may be employed for processing the voltage signal.

    19.
    发明专利
    未知

    公开(公告)号:FR2755766A1

    公开(公告)日:1998-05-15

    申请号:FR9714028

    申请日:1997-11-07

    Abstract: A current sensing circuit including a shunt resistor coupled, at one end, to the low-side transistor of a half bridge circuit and, at its other end, to a load. The voltage sensed across the shunt resistor is proportional to the current delivered to the load. A level shifting circuit is provided to transpose the sensed voltage to a low voltage signal which can be fed back to control commutation of the transistors in the half bridge circuit.

    Improving immunity of high voltage driver ICs to negative voltage failure modes

    公开(公告)号:GB2307605A

    公开(公告)日:1997-05-28

    申请号:GB9621139

    申请日:1996-10-10

    Abstract: In a level shifted high voltage MOSgate device driver which drives MOSgate devices such as IGBTs and power MOSFETs, effects of negative voltage swings caused by currents commutating through LS1 and LS2 inductances in the power circuits are avoided due to several measures. First, the values of the inductances LS1 and LS2 are reduced by keeping short conductor lengths, by other layout/wire bonding techniques to reduce the values of the LS1 and LS2 inductances. The external, charging capacitor Cb value is increased substantially to reduce the voltage buildup on the internal circuitry. A typical value is 0.47 mu F, for a given circuit, IGBT and layout combination. The size of the CVCC capacitor is selected to keep the supply voltage as stiff as possible. Preferably, CVCC is at about ten times the value of the sum of the Cb capacitance in the circuit. The resistance Rb in the bootstrap path is reduced as much as possible, preferably to zero. Finally, a resistor RCOM is optionally added between the common nodes of the driver circuit and the power device circuit.

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