Ucc21755 q1
Ucc21755 q1
3 Description
The UCC21755-Q1 is a galvanic isolated single
channel gate driver designed for SiC MOSFETs
and IGBTs up to 2121V DC operating voltage with
advanced protection features, best-in-class dynamic
performance, and robustness. UCC21755-Q1 has up
to ±10A peak source and sink current.
An IMPORTANT NOTICE at the end of this data sheet addresses availability, warranty, changes, use in safety-critical applications,
intellectual property matters and other important disclaimers. PRODUCTION DATA.
UCC21755-Q1
SLUSEM9A – SEPTEMBER 2022 – REVISED JUNE 2024 [Link]
Table of Contents
1 Features............................................................................1 7.1 Overview................................................................... 22
2 Applications..................................................................... 1 7.2 Functional Block Diagram......................................... 23
3 Description.......................................................................1 7.3 Feature Description...................................................23
4 Pin Configuration and Functions...................................3 7.4 Device Functional Modes..........................................29
5 Specifications.................................................................. 4 8 Applications and Implementation................................ 30
5.1 Absolute Maximum Ratings........................................ 4 8.1 Application Information............................................. 30
5.2 ESD Ratings............................................................... 4 8.2 Typical Application.................................................... 30
5.3 Recommended Operating Conditions.........................4 9 Power Supply Recommendations................................42
5.4 Thermal Information....................................................5 10 Layout...........................................................................42
5.5 Power Ratings.............................................................5 10.1 Layout Guidelines................................................... 42
5.6 Insulation Specifications............................................. 5 10.2 Layout Example...................................................... 43
5.7 Safety Limiting Values.................................................6 11 Device and Documentation Support..........................44
5.8 Electrical Characteristics.............................................7 11.1 Device Support........................................................44
5.9 Switching Characteristics............................................9 11.2 Documentation Support.......................................... 44
5.10 Insulation Characteristics Curves........................... 10 11.3 Receiving Notification of Documentation Updates.. 44
5.11 Typical Characteristics.............................................11 11.4 Support Resources................................................. 44
6 Parameter Measurement Information.......................... 15 11.5 Trademarks............................................................. 44
6.1 Propagation Delay.................................................... 15 11.6 Electrostatic Discharge Caution.............................. 44
6.2 Input Deglitch Filter................................................... 16 11.7 Glossary.................................................................. 44
6.3 Active Miller Clamp................................................... 17 12 Revision History.......................................................... 44
6.4 Undervoltage Lockout (UVLO)..................................17 13 Mechanical, Packaging, and Orderable
6.5 Desaturation (DESAT) Protection............................. 20 Information.................................................................... 45
7 Detailed Description......................................................22
AIN 1 16 APWM
DESAT 2 15 VCC
ISOLATION BARRIER
COM 3 14 RST/EN
OUTH 4 13 FLT
VDD 5 12 RDY
OUTL 6 11 ,1Å
CLMPI 7 10 IN+
VEE 8 9 GND
Not to scale
5 Specifications
5.1 Absolute Maximum Ratings
Over operating free-air temperature range (unless otherwise noted)(1)
MIN MAX UNIT
VCC VCC - GND –0.3 6 V
VDD VDD - COM –0.3 36 V
VEE VEE - COM –17.5 0.3 V
VMAX VDD - VEE –0.3 36 V
DC GND–0.3 VCC V
IN+, IN-, RST/EN
Transient, less than 100 ns (2) GND–5.0 VCC+5.0 V
DESAT COM–0.3 VDD+0.3 V
AIN Reference to COM –0.3 5 V
DC VEE–0.3 VDD V
OUTH, OUTL, CLMPI
Transient, less than 100 ns (2) VEE–5.0 VDD+5.0 V
RDY, FLT, APWM GND–0.3 VCC V
IFLT, IRDY FLT and RDY pin input current 20 mA
IAPWM APWM pin output current 20 mA
TJ Junction Temperature –40 150 °C
Tstg Storage Temperature –65 150 °C
(1) Operation outside the Absolute Maximum Ratings may cause permanent device damage. Absolute Maximum Ratings do not imply
functional operation of the device at these or any other conditions beyond those listed under Recommended Operating Conditions. If
outside the Recommended Operating Conditions but within the Absolute Maximum Ratings, the device may not be fully functional, and
this may affect device reliability, functionality, performance, and shorten the device lifetime
(2) Values are verified by characterization on bench.
(1) AEC Q100-002 indicates that HBM stressing shall be in accordance with the ANSI/ESDA/JEDEC JS-001 specification.
IN+, IN-, Reference to GND, High level input voltage 0.7xVCC VCC V
RST/EN Reference to GND, Low level input voltage 0 0.3xVCC V
AIN Reference to COM 0.6 4.5 V
tRST/EN Minimum pulse width that reset the fault 1000 ns
TA Ambient temperature –40 125 °C
TJ Junction temperature –40 150 °C
(1) For more information about traditional and new thermal metrics, see the Semiconductor and IC Package Thermal Metrics application
report.
(1) Apply creepage and clearance requirements according to the specific equipment isolation standards of an application. Care must be
taken to maintain the creepage and clearance distance of a board design to ensure that the mounting pads of the isolator on the
printed circuit board (PCB) do not reduce this distance. Creepage and clearance on a PCB become equal in certain cases. Techniques
such as inserting grooves and ribs on the PCB are used to help increase these specifications.
(2) This coupler is suitable for safe electrical insulation only within the safety ratings. Compliance with the safety ratings shall be ensured
by means of suitable protective circuits.
(3) Testing is carried out in air or oil to determine the intrinsic surge immunity of the isolation barrier.
(4) Apparent charge is electrical discharge caused by a partial discharge (pd).
(5) All pins on each side of the barrier tied together creating a two-pin device.
(1) The maximum safety temperature, TS, has the same value as the maximum junction temperature, TJ , specified for the device. The
IS and PS parameters represent the safety current and safety power respectively. The maximum limits of IS and PS should not be
exceeded. These limits vary with the ambient temperature, TA. The junction-to-air thermal resistance, RqJA, in the Thermal Information
table is that of a device installed on a high-K test board for leaded surface-mount packages. Use these equations to calculate the value
for each parameter: TJ = TA + RqJA ´ P, where P is the power dissipated in the device. TJ(max) = TS = TA + RqJA ´ PS, where TJ(max) is the
maximum allowed junction temperature. PS = IS ´ VI , where VI is the maximum supply voltage.
(1) Currents are positive into and negative out of the specified terminal.
(2) All voltages are referenced to COM unless otherwise notified.
(3) For internal PMOS only. Refer to Driver Stage for effective pull-up resistance.
80 1400
VDD=15V; VEE=-5V
VDD=20V; VEE=-5V 1200
Safety Limiting Current (mA)
60
1000
800
40
600
400
20
200
0 0
0 25 50 75 100 125 150 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160
Ambient Temperature (oC) Safe
Ambient Temperature (oC) Safe
Figure 5-2. Thermal Derating Curve for Limiting Current per Figure 5-3. Thermal Derating Curve for Limiting Power per VDE
VDE
20 20
16 16
14 14
12 12
10 10
8 8
6 6
4 4
-60 -40 -20 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 -60 -40 -20 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160
Temperature (qC) D016
Temperature (qC) D017
Figure 5-4. Output High Drive Current vs Temperature Figure 5-5. Output Low Driver Current vs Temperature
6 4
VCC = 3.3V VCC = 3.3V
VCC = 5V VCC = 5V
5.5 3.5
5 3
IVCCQ (mA)
IVCCQ (mA)
4.5 2.5
4 2
3.5 1.5
3 1
-60 -40 -20 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 -60 -40 -20 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160
Temperature (qC) D015
Temperature (qC) D014
4 5
IVCCQ (mA)
IVDDQ (mA)
3.5 4.5
3 4
2.5 3.5
2 3
30 70 110 150 190 230 270 310 -60 -40 -20 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160
Frequency (kHz) D018
Temperature (qC) D012
Figure 5-8. IVCCQ Supply Current vs Input Frequency IN+ = High IN- = Low
Figure 5-9. IVDDQ Supply Current vs Temperature
IVDDQ (mA)
4.5 6
5
4
4
3.5
3
3 2
-60 -40 -20 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 30 70 110 150 190 230 270 310
Temperature (qC) D013
Frequency (kHz) D019
IN+ = Low IN- = Low Figure 5-11. IVDDQ Supply Current vs Input Frequency
Figure 5-10. IVDDQ Supply Current vs Temperature
4 14
3.5
13
12.5
3
12
2.5 11.5
11
2
10.5
1.5 10
-60 -40 -20 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 -60 -40 -20 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160
Temperature (qC) Temperature (qC) D002
D001
Figure 5-12. VCC UVLO vs Temperature Figure 5-13. VDD UVLO vs Temperature
100 100
Propagation Delay High-Low, t PDHL (ns)
Propagation Delay Low-High, t PDLH (ns)
90 90
80 80
70 70
60 60
50 50
-60 -40 -20 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 -60 -40 -20 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160
Temperature (qC) Temperature (qC) D022
D021
50 50
Rise Time, t r (ns)
30 30
20 20
10 10
-60 -40 -20 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 -60 -40 -20 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160
Temperature (qC) D023
Temperature (qC) D024
2.75 2.25
2.5 2
VCLP-OUT(H) (V)
VOUTPD (V)
2.25 1.75
2 1.5
1.75 1.25
1.5 1
-60 -40 -20 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 -60 -40 -20 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160
Temperature (qC) Temperature (qC) D025
D008
Figure 5-18. VOUTPD Output Active Pulldown Voltage vs Figure 5-19. VCLP-OUT(H) Short Circuit Clamping Voltage vs
Temperature Temperature
2 2.6
Miller Clamp Threshold Voltage, VCLMPTH (V)
1.75 2.45
2.3
1.5
VCLP-OUT(L) (V)
2.15
1.25
2
1
1.85
0.75
1.7
0.5
1.55
0.25 1.4
-60 -40 -20 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 -60 -40 -20 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160
Temperature (qC) D026 Temperature (°C) D007
Figure 5-20. VCLP-OUT(L) Short Circuit Clamping Voltage vs Figure 5-21. VCLMPTH Miller Clamp Threshold Voltage vs
Temperature Temperature
7.5 17
6.5 16
5.5 15
4.5 14
3.5 13
2.5 12
1.5 11
0.5 10
-60 -40 -20 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 -60 -40 -20 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160
Temperature (qC) D011
Temperature (°C) D010
Figure 5-22. ICLMPI Miller Clamp Sink Current vs Temperature Figure 5-23. tDCLMPI Miller Clamp ON Delay Time vs Temperature
300
380
290
340 280
300 270
260
260
250
220
240
180 230
140 220
210
100
-60 -40 -20 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 200
Temperature (°C) D002 -60 -40 -20 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160
Temperature (°C)
Figure 5-24. tDESATLEB DESAT Leading Edge Blanking Time vs D003
320
680
310
DESAT Deglitch Filter, tDESATFIL (ns)
660
300
640
290
620
280
600 270
580 260
560 250
540 240
520 230
220
500 -60 -40 -20 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160
-60 -40 -20 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 Temperature (°C)
Temperature (°C) D005
D004
Figure 5-27. tDESATFIL DESAT Deglitch Filter vs Temperature
Figure 5-26. tDESATFLT DESAT Sense to /FLT Low Delay Time vs
Temperature
540
18
530
17
520
510 16
500 15
490 14
480
13
470
460 12
450 11
440 10
-60 -40 -20 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 -60 -40 -20 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160
Temperature (°C) D008 Temperature (qC) D009
Figure 5-28. ICHG DESAT Charging Current vs Temperature Figure 5-29. IDCHG DESAT Discharge Current vs Temperature
50% 50%
IN+
tPDLH tPDHL
,1Å
90%
10%
OUT
IN+
tPDLH tPDHL
90%
OUT
10%
IN+
,1Å ,1Å
OUT
OUT
Figure 6-3. IN+ ON Deglitch Filter Figure 6-4. IN+ OFF Deglitch Filter
IN+ IN+
,1Å
tPWM < TINFIL tPWM < TINFIL
,1Å
OUT
OUT
Figure 6-5. IN– ON Deglitch Filter Figure 6-6. IN– OFF Deglitch Filter
IN
(µ,1+¶ Å µ,1Ŷ)
tDCLMPI
VCLMPTH
OUT
HIGH
CLMPI LOW
Ctrl.
Figure 6-7. Timing Diagram for Internal Active Miller Clamp Function
IN
(µ,1+¶ Å µ,1Ŷ)
tVCCFIL
VDD
COM
VEE
tVCC+ to OUT
90%
VCLMPTH
OUT 10%
Hi-Z
RDY
VCC
APWM
IN
(µ,1+¶ Å µ,1Ŷ)
tVDDFIL
VDD
t9''Å WR 287
VVDD_ON
VVDD_OFF
COM
VEE
VCC
tVDD+ to OUT
VCLMPTH
OUT
10% 90%
APWM VCC
IN
(‘IN+’ ‘IN ’)
VDESAT
tDESATLEB tDESATLEB
tDESATFIL
DESAT
tDESATOFF
90%
GATE
VCLMPTH
tDESATFLT
tFLTMUTE
Hi-Z
FLT
tRSTFIL tRSTFIL
RST/EN
HIGH
Hi-Z
OUTH
LOW
Hi-Z
OUTL
LOW
Figure 6-10. DESAT Protection with Soft Turn-OFF During Turn-ON Transition
Figure 6-11 shows the timing diagram of DESAT protection while the power device is already turned on.
IN
(µ,1+¶ Å µ,1Ŷ)
VDESAT
tDESATLEB
tDESATFIL
DESAT
tDESATOFF
90%
GATE
VCLMPTH
tDESATFLT
tFLTMUTE
Hi-Z
FLT
tRSTFIL tRSTFIL
RST/EN
HIGH
Hi-Z
OUTH
LOW
Hi-Z
OUTL
LOW
Figure 6-11. DESAT Protection with Soft Turn-OFF While Power Device is ON
7 Detailed Description
7.1 Overview
The device is an advanced isolated gate driver with state-of-art protection and sensing features for SiC
MOSFETs and IGBTs. The device can support up to 2121-V DC operating voltage based on SiC MOSFETs
and IGBTs, and can be used to above 10-kW applications such as HEV/EV traction inverter, motor drive,
on-board and off-board battery charger, solar inverter, and so forth. The galvanic isolation is implemented by
the capacitive isolation technology, which can realize a reliable reinforced isolation between the low voltage
DSP/MCU and high voltage side.
The ±10-A peak sink and source current of the device can drive the SiC MOSFET modules and IGBT modules
directly without an extra buffer. The driver can also be used to drive higher power modules or parallel modules
with external buffer stage. The input side is isolated with the output side with a reinforced isolation barrier based
on capacitive isolation technology. The device can support up to 1.5-kVRMS working voltage, 12.8-kVPK surge
immunity with longer than 40 years isolation barrier life. The strong drive strength helps to switch the device fast
and reduce the switching loss, while the 150-V/ns minimum CMTI ensures the reliability of the system with fast
switching speed. The small propagation delay and part-to-part skew can minimize the deadtime setting, so the
conduction loss can be reduced.
The device includes extensive protection and monitor features to increase the reliability and robustness of the
SiC MOSFET and IGBT based systems. The 12-V output side power supply UVLO is suitable for switches with
gate voltage ≥ 15 V. The active Miller clamp feature prevents the false turn on causing by Miller capacitance
during fast switching. The device has the state-of-art DESAT detection time, and fault reporting function to the
low voltage side DSP/MCU. The soft turn off is triggered when the DESAT fault is detected, minimizing the short
circuit energy while reducing the overshoot voltage on the switches.
The isolated analog to PWM sensor can be used as switch temperature sensing, DC bus voltage sensing,
auxiliary power supply sensing, and so on. The PWM signal can be fed directly to DSP/MCU or through a
low-pass filter as an analog signal.
7 CLMPI
IN+ 10
VCC
6 OUTL
VCC 15
UVLO
LDO[s for VEE,
3 COM
COM and channel
ISOLATION BARRIER
RDY 12
8 VEE
Analog 2 PWM
DEMOD MOD
an important safety function wherein, when the input pins are in floating condition, the OUTH/OUTL is held in
LOW state. The split output of the driver stage is depicted in Figure 7-1. The driver has rail-to-rail output by
implementing a hybrid pull-up structure with a P-Channel MOSFET in parallel with an N-Channel MOSFET,
and an N-Channel MOSFET to pulldown. The pull-up NMOS is the same as the pull down NMOS, so the on
resistance RNMOS is the same as ROL. The hybrid pull-up structure delivers the highest peak-source current
when it is most needed, during the Miller plateau region of the power semiconductor turn-on transient. The ROH
in Figure 7-1 represents the on-resistance of the pull-up P-Channel MOSFET. However, the effective pull-up
resistance is much smaller than ROH. Because the pullup N-Channel MOSFET has much smaller on-resistance
than the P-Channel MOSFET, the pullup N-Channel MOSFET dominates most of the turn-on transient, until the
voltage on OUTH pin is about 3 V below VDD voltage. The effective resistance of the hybrid pullup structure
during this period is about 2 x ROL. Then the P-Channel MOSFET pulls up the OUTH voltage to VDD rail. The
low pullup impedance results in strong drive strength during the turn-on transient, which shortens the charging
time of the input capacitance of the power semiconductor and reduces the turn on switching loss. The output
pull-up and pull-down resistance can be found in the Electrical Characteristics table.
The pulldown structure of the driver stage is implemented solely by a pulldown N-Channel MOSFET. This
MOSFET can ensure the OUTL voltage be pulled down to VEE rail. The low pulldown impedance not only
results in high sink current to reduce the turn-off time, but also helps to increase the noise immunity considering
the Miller effect.
VDD
ROH
Isolation Barrier
RNMOS
OUTH
Input
Anti Shoot-
Signal
through OUTL
Circuitry
ROL
The UVLO protection block features with hysteresis and deglitch filter, which help to improve the noise immunity
of the power supply. During the turn on and turn off switching transient, the driver sources and sinks a peak
transient current from the power supply, which can result in sudden voltage drop of the power supply. With
hysteresis and UVLO deglitch filter, the internal UVLO protection block will ignore small noises during the normal
switching transients.
The timing diagrams of the UVLO feature of VCC and VDD are shown in Figure 6-8, and Figure 6-9. The RDY
pin on the input side is used to indicate the power good condition. The RDY pin is open drain. During UVLO
condition, the RDY pin is held in low status and connected to GND. Normally the pin is pulled up externally to
VCC to indicate the power good. The AIN-APWM function stops working during the UVLO status. The APWM
pin on the input side will be held LOW.
7.3.4 Active Pulldown
The device implements an active pulldown feature to ensure the OUTH/OUTL pin clamping to VEE when the
VDD is open. The OUTH/OUTL pin is in high-impedance status when VDD is open, the active pulldown feature
can prevent the output be false turned on before the device is back to control.
VDD
OUTL
Ra
Control
Circuit
VEE
COM
VDD
D1 D2 D3
OUTH
Control
Circuitry OUTL
CLMPI
VCLMPTH
VCC OUTH
+
3V to 5.5V
±
CLMPI
Isolation barrier
Control
IN+ Circuitry
µC OUTL
MOD DEMOD
IN-
VEE
VCC
COM
VDD
Deglitch Filter
DESAT R D HV
+
DESAT Fault
–
C BLK
+
VDESAT
–
Control
Logic
COM
VDD
DESAT R DHV
Deglitch Filter +
–
CBLK
+
VDESAT
–
Control
Logic
COM
VEE
AIN is floating, the AIN voltage is 5 V and the APWM operates at 400 kHz with approximately 10% duty cycle.
The accuracy of the duty cycle is ±3% across temperature without one time calibration. The accuracy can be
improved using calibration. The accuracy of the internal current source IAIN is ±3% across temperature.
The isolated analog to PWM signal feature can also support other analog signal sensing, such as the high
voltage DC bus voltage, and so on. The internal current source IAIN should be taken into account when designing
the potential divider if sensing a high voltage.
UCC217xx
In Module or
VCC VDD
Discrete
13V to
+
+ 33V
3V to 5.5V ±
±
Isolation barrier
APWM AIN
+
µC DEMOD MOD Rfilt
OSC
Cfilt
GND
COM Thermal NTC or
Diode PTC
PU: Power Up (VCC ≥ 2.85 V, VDD ≥ 13.1 V, VEE ≤ 0 V); PD: Power Down (VCC ≤ 2.35 V, VDD ≤ 9.9 V); X:
Irrelevant; P*: PWM Pulse; HiZ: High Impedance
UCC 217XX
UCC 217XX
1
2
3
PWM UCC 217XX
4
5
3-Phase 6
Input µC 1
2 M
3 UCC 217XX
APWM
4
5
6
FLT
UCC 217XX
UCC 217XX
be coupled to the gate voltage due to the parasitic inductance, but also to the input side as the non-ideal PCB
layout and coupled capacitance.
The device features a 40-ns internal deglitch filter to IN+, IN- and RST/EN pin. Any signal less than 40 ns can
be filtered out from the input pins. For noisy systems, external low-pass filter can be added externally to the
input pins. Adding low-pass filters to IN+, IN- and RST/EN pins can effectively increase the noise immunity and
increase the signal integrity. When not in use, the IN+, IN- and RST/EN pins should not be floating. IN- should
be tied to GND if only IN+ is used for noninverting input to output configuration. The purpose of the low-pass
filter is to filter out the high frequency noise generated by the layout parasitics. While choosing the low-pass filter
resistors and capacitors, both the noise immunity effect and delay time should be considered according to the
system requirements.
[Link] PWM Interlock of IN+ and IN-
The device features the PWM interlock for IN+ and IN- pins, which can be used to prevent the phase leg shoot
through issue. As shown in Table 7-1, the output is logic low while both IN+ and IN- are logic high. When only
IN+ is used, IN- can be tied to GND. To utilize the PWM interlock function, the PWM signal of the other switch
in the phase leg can be sent to the IN- pin. As shown in Figure 8-2, the PWM_T is the PWM signal to top side
switch, the PWM_B is the PWM signal to bottom side switch. For the top side gate driver, the PWM_T signal is
given to the IN+ pin, while the PWM_B signal is given to the IN- pin; for the bottom side gate driver, the PWM_B
signal is given to the IN+ pin, while PWM_T signal is given to the IN- pin. When both PWM_T and PWM_B
signals are high, the outputs of both gate drivers are logic low to prevent the shoot through condition.
IN+ RON
OUTH
IN-
OUTL
ROFF
Microcontroller
PWM_T
PWM_B
IN+ RON
OUTH
IN-
OUTL
ROFF
3.3V to 5V
VCC
15
0.1µF 1µF
GND
9
IN+
10
INt
11
Micro-controller
FLT
12
100pF
13
RDY
100pF
RST/EN
100pF 14
APWM
16
3.3V to 5V 3.3V to 5V
VCC VCC
15 15
0.1µF 1µF 0.1µF 1µF
GND GND
9 9
IN+ IN+
10 10
Micro-controller
Micro-controller
INt INt
(MCU)
(MCU)
5kQ 5kQ 11 5kQ 5kQ 11
FLT FLT
12 12
100pF 100pF
13 13
RDY RDY
100pF 100pF
RST/EN RST/EN
14 14
APWM APWM
16 16
VDD VEE
Is ource _ pk min(10A, )
ROH _ EFF RON RG _ Int
VDD VEE
Isink _ pk min(10A, )
ROL ROFF RG _ Int (1)
Where
• ROH_EFF is the effective internal pullup resistance of the hybrid pullup structure, shown in Figure 7-1, which is
approximately 2 x ROL, about 0.7 Ω. This is the dominant resistance during the switching transient of the pull
up structure.
• ROL is the internal pulldown resistance, about 0.3 Ω.
• RON is the external turn-on gate resistance.
• ROFF is the external turn-off gate resistance.
• RG_Int is the internal resistance of the SiC MOSFET or IGBT module.
VDD
+ Cies=Cgc+Cge
ROH_EFF VDD Cgc
OUTH RON t
RG_Int
OUTL ROFF
ROL + Cge
VEE
VEE t
COM
For example, for an IGBT module based system with the following parameters:
• Qg = 3300 nC
• RG_Int = 1.7 Ω
• RON=ROFF= 1 Ω
The peak source and sink current in this case are:
VDD VEE
Is ource _ pk min(10A, ) | 5.9A
ROH _ EFF RON RG _ Int
VDD VEE
Isink _ pk min(10A, ) | 6.7A
ROL ROFF RG _ Int (2)
Using 1-Ω external gate resistance, the peak source current is 5.9 A, the peak sink current is 6.7 A. The
collector-to-emitter dV/dt during the turn-on switching transient is dominated by the gate current at the Miller
plateau voltage. The hybrid pullup structure ensures the peak source current at the Miller plateau voltage, unless
the turn-on gate resistor is too high. The faster the collector-to-emitter, Vce, voltage rises to VDC, the smaller
the turn-on switching loss. The dV/dt can be estimated as Qgc/Isource_pk. For the turn-off switching transient,
the drain-to-source dV/dt is dominated by the load current, unless the turn-off gate resistor is too high. After
Vce reaches the DC bus voltage, the power semiconductor is in SATURATION mode and the channel current
is controlled by Vge. The peak sink current determines the dI/dt, which dominates the Vce voltage overshoot
accordingly. If using relatively large turn-off gate resistance, the Vce overshoot can be limited. The overshoot can
be estimated by:
'Vce Lstray ˜ Iload / ((ROFF ROL RG _Int ) ˜ Cies ˜ ln(Vplat / Vth )) (3)
Where
• Lstray is the stray inductance in power switching loop, as shown in Figure 8-6.
• Iload is the load current, which is the turn-off current of the power semiconductor.
• Cies is the input capacitance of the power semiconductor.
• Vplat is the plateau voltage of the power semiconductor.
• Vth is the threshold voltage of the power semiconductor.
LDC
Lc1
Lstray=LDC+Le1+Lc1+Le1+Lc1
RG
Lload
t
+
Le1 +
VDC
t
Lc2
VDD
Cgc
Cies=Cgc+Cge
OUTH RG
OUTL
Cge
COM
Le2
The power dissipation should be taken into account to maintain the gate driver within the thermal limit. The
power loss of the gate driver includes the quiescent loss and the switching loss, which can be calculated as:
PQ is the quiescent power loss for the driver, which is Iq × (VDD-VEE) = 5 mA × 20 V = 0.100 W. The quiescent
power loss is the power consumed by the internal circuits, such as the input stage, reference voltage, logic
circuits, and protection circuits when the driver is switching, when the driver is biased with VDD and VEE, and
the charging and discharging current of the internal circuit when the driver is switching. The power dissipation
when the driver is switching can be calculated as:
Where
• Qg is the gate charge required at the operation point to fully charge the gate voltage from VEE to VDD.
• fsw is the switching frequency.
In this example, the PSW can be calculated as:
When the board temperature is 125°C, the junction temperature can be estimated as:
Therefore, for the application in this example, with 125°C board temperature, the maximum switching frequency
is ~50 kHz to keep the gate driver in the thermal limit. By using a lower switching frequency or increasing
external gate resistance, the gate driver can be operated at a higher switching frequency.
[Link] Overcurrent and Short Circuit Protection
A standard desaturation circuit can be applied to the DESAT pin. If the voltage of the DESAT pin is higher than
the threshold VDESAT, the soft turn-off is initiated. A fault will be reported to the input side to DSP/MCU. The
output is held to LOW after the fault is detected, and can only be reset by the RST/EN pin. The state-of-art
overcurrent and short circuit detection time helps to ensure a short shutdown time for SiC MOSFET and IGBT.
If DESAT pin is not in use, it must be tied to COM to avoid overcurrent fault false triggering.
• Fast reverse recovery high voltage diode is recommended in the desaturation circuit. A resistor is
recommended in series with the high voltage diode to limit the inrush current.
• A Schottky diode is recommended from COM to DESAT to prevent driver damage caused by negative
voltage.
• A Zener diode is recommended from COM to DESAT to prevent driver damage caused by positive voltage.
[Link] Isolated Analog Signal Sensing
The isolated analog signal sensing feature provides a simple isolated channel for the isolated temperature
detection, voltage sensing, and so on. One typical application of this function is the temperature monitor of the
power semiconductor. Thermal diodes or temperature sensing resistors are integrated in the SiC MOSFET or
IGBT module close to the dies to monitor the junction temperature. The device has an internal 200-μA current
source with ±3% accuracy across temperature, which can forward bias the thermal diodes or create a voltage
drop on the temperature sensing resistors. The sensed voltage from the AIN pin is passed through the isolation
barrier to the input side and transformed to a PWM signal. The duty cycle of the PWM changes linearly from
10% to 88% when the AIN voltage changes from 4.5 V to 0.6 V and can be represented using Equation 9.
UCC217xx
In Module or
VCC VDD
Discrete
13V to
+
+ 33V
3V to 5.5V ±
±
Isolation barrier
APWM AIN
+
µC DEMOD MOD Rfilt
OSC
Cfilt
GND
COM Thermal NTC or
Diode PTC
When a high-precision voltage supply for VCC is used on the primary side of the device, the duty cycle output
of APWM may also be filtered and the voltage measured using the microcontroller's ADC input pin, as shown in
Figure 8-8. The frequency of APWM is 400 kHz, so the value for Rfilt_2 and Cfilt_2 should be such that the cutoff
frequency is below 400 kHz. Temperature does not change rapidly, thus the rise time due to the RC constant of
the filter is not under a strict requirement.
UCC217xx
VDD In Module or
VCC Discrete
+ 13V to
+ ± 33V
3V to 5.5V
±
Isolation barrier
APWM AIN
+
µC DEMOD MOD Rfilt_1
Rfilt_2
OSC Cfilt_1
Cfilt_2
GND
COM Thermal NTC or
Diode PTC
The example below shows the results using a 4.7-kΩ NTC, NTCS0805E3472FMT, in series with a 3-kΩ resistor
and also the thermal diode using four diode-connected MMBT3904 NPN transistors. The sensed voltage of
the 4 MMBT3904 thermal diodes connected in series ranges from about 2.5 V to 1.6 V from 25°C to 135°C,
corresponding to 50% to 68% duty cycle. The sensed voltage of the NTC thermistor connected in series with the
3-kΩ resistor ranges from about 1.5 V to 0.6 V from 25°C to 135°C, corresponding to 70% to 88% duty cycle.
The voltage at VAIN of both sensors and the corresponding measured duty cycle at APWM is shown in Figure
8-9.
2.7 90
APWM (%)
1.8 72
VAIN (V)
1.5 66
1.2 60
0.9 54
0.6 48
20 40 60 80 100 120 140
Temperature (qC) VAIN
Figure 8-9. Thermal Diode and NTC VAIN and Corresponding Duty Cycle at APWM
The duty cycle output has an accuracy of ±3% throughout temperature without any calibration, as shown in
Figure 8-10 but with single-point calibration at 25°C, the duty accuracy can be improved to ±1%, as shown in
Figure 8-11.
1.5
Thermal Diode APWM Duty Error
NTC APWM Duty Error
1.25
1
APWM Duty Error (%)
0.75
0.5
0.25
-0.25
20 40 60 80 100 120 140
Temperature (qC) APWM
0.8
Thermal Diode APWM Duty Error
NTC APWM Duty Error
0.6
APWM Duty Error (%)
0.4
0.2
-0.2
20 40 60 80 100 120 140
Temperature (qC) APWM
RLV _ DC
VAIN n
˜ VDC RLV _ DC ˜ IAIN
RLV _ DC ¦R atten _ i
i 1 (10)
Ratten_1
Ratten_2
UCC217xx
VCC VDD
Ratten_n
+ 13V to
+ 33V
3V to 5.5V ±
±
Isolation barrier
CDC
APWM
+
µC DEMOD MOD AIN Rfilt
Rfilt_2
Cfilt RLV_DC
OSC
Cfilt_2
COM
GND
ISTO ˜ t STO
CSTO
VDD VEE (11)
• ISTO is the internal STO current source, 400 mA.
• tSTO is the desired STO timing.
VDD VDD
ROH
OUTL
Cge Cge
ROL
CSTO
COM
RSTO
VEE
APWM Output
Figure 8-15. AIN Step Input (green) and APWM Output (pink)
11.7 Glossary
TI Glossary This glossary lists and explains terms, acronyms, and definitions.
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PACKAGING INFORMATION
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(1) (2) (3) Ball material Peak reflow (6)
(4) (5)
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PACKAGE MATERIALS INFORMATION
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B0 W
Reel
Diameter
Cavity A0
A0 Dimension designed to accommodate the component width
B0 Dimension designed to accommodate the component length
K0 Dimension designed to accommodate the component thickness
W Overall width of the carrier tape
P1 Pitch between successive cavity centers
Sprocket Holes
Q1 Q2 Q1 Q2
Pocket Quadrants
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Width (mm)
H
W
Pack Materials-Page 2
GENERIC PACKAGE VIEW
DW 16 SOIC - 2.65 mm max height
7.5 x 10.3, 1.27 mm pitch SMALL OUTLINE INTEGRATED CIRCUIT
This image is a representation of the package family, actual package may vary.
Refer to the product data sheet for package details.
4224780/A
[Link]
PACKAGE OUTLINE
DW0016B SCALE 1.500
SOIC - 2.65 mm max height
SOIC
10.5 2X
10.1 8.89
NOTE 3
8
9
0.51
16X
0.31
7.6
B 0.25 C A B 2.65 MAX
7.4
NOTE 4
0.33
TYP
0.10
SEE DETAIL A
0.25
GAGE PLANE
0.3
0 -8 0.1
1.27
0.40 DETAIL A
(1.4) TYPICAL
4221009/B 07/2016
NOTES:
1. All linear dimensions are in millimeters. Dimensions in parenthesis are for reference only. Dimensioning and tolerancing
per ASME Y14.5M.
2. This drawing is subject to change without notice.
3. This dimension does not include mold flash, protrusions, or gate burrs. Mold flash, protrusions, or gate burrs shall not
exceed 0.15 mm, per side.
4. This dimension does not include interlead flash. Interlead flash shall not exceed 0.25 mm, per side.
5. Reference JEDEC registration MS-013.
[Link]
EXAMPLE BOARD LAYOUT
DW0016B SOIC - 2.65 mm max height
SOIC
SYMM SYMM
16X (2) 16X (1.65) SEE
SEE DETAILS
DETAILS
1 1
16 16
SYMM SYMM
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NOTES: (continued)
[Link]
EXAMPLE STENCIL DESIGN
DW0016B SOIC - 2.65 mm max height
SOIC
SYMM SYMM
16X (2) 16X (1.65)
1 1
16 16
SYMM SYMM
4221009/B 07/2016
NOTES: (continued)
8. Laser cutting apertures with trapezoidal walls and rounded corners may offer better paste release. IPC-7525 may have alternate
design recommendations.
9. Board assembly site may have different recommendations for stencil design.
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