Design and Implementation of an IGBT Gate Driver with Necessary Protections and SMD Devices
Subject Areas : electrical and computer engineering
M.
Fazeli
1
S. A.
Abrishamifar
2
(University of Science and Technology)
Keywords: IGBT controlIGBT driverIGBT gate driver circuits,
Abstract :
The Gate drivers in modern power converters which use the power IGBT must be provide several main operations such as electrical isolation, current amplifying, and protection against overcurrent and overvoltage conditions. This paper describes such a new circuit which is made using SMD devices suitable for driving the high and medium power IGBTs. This driver includes an isolated switching power supply, buffer circuits, and several protection circuits. It can operate by an input signal at TTL level and %50 duty cycle and is able to work up to 6A peak current.
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