MOSFET driver

Audioguru

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I think a very high frequency at full capacitance loading causes the IC to get hot.
At a lower frequency then the IC will be cooler.
Since your load capacitance is 3.3 times higher than what is spec'd then the rise and fall times will be 3.3 times longer plus some additional slowing caused by the heating.
 

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mik3

Joined Feb 4, 2008
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The switching frequency will be about 30KHz, I think it will be ok. Maybe I will include a few resistors in series with the MOS gates to be sure.
 

jpanhalt

Joined Jan 18, 2008
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I thought in driving a mosfet gate that it was the gate charge, not input capacitance, that one considered most in design/selection of the gate driver. In your case, the charge is 60nC.

There are larger drivers made; however, I have a 12V DC drive that has been operating well for 10 years using an LT1158 (500mA) driver for 4 parallel mosfets with similar gate charge. Switching frequency is about 20 KHz.

John
 

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mik3

Joined Feb 4, 2008
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Gate charge is related to the input capacitance.

It says in the datasheet that it can drive up to 2.5 Amps. It doesn't say if it has overload protection and thus why I am asking.
 

jpanhalt

Joined Jan 18, 2008
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BTW, I just looked up the mosfets I used. In one case, it was 5 IRF1010E and 5 IRF 3205 (top and bottom), with the single, LT1158 driver. Based on that, your controller should not have a problem. The IRF1010 has 130 nC gate capacitance.

John
 

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mik3

Joined Feb 4, 2008
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BTW, I just looked up the mosfets I used. In one case, it was 5 IRF1010E and 5 IRF 3205 (top and bottom), with the single, LT1158 driver. Based on that, your controller should not have a problem. The IRF1010 has 130 nC gate capacitance.

John
I hope it will be fine ;)
 

jpanhalt

Joined Jan 18, 2008
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I used 0.1 uF as shown in the datasheet for the LT1158 at the time. I did very few calculations in those days.

I suspect you have the IR application note of mosfet gate drives (MGDs) number AN-978. On page 6 there is a formula to use to calculate the bootstrap capacitor. I have not tested that formula against the design I am using.

John
 

jpanhalt

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I mean I have lots of application notes and other things I have picked up on the Internet for personal use. When I try to reference them, I often don't have the original link and don't like posting the entire, sometimes lengthy document.

For the past 8 month or so, I have tried to be more conscientious and keep an index of links along with the pdf files. What I meant by my comment was that it would be nice if the Internet link could be easily and automatically saved with the pdf, so I wouldn't have to keep the separate index and would be able to give the proper credit when needed. I don't like just saving the link, because my connection is sometimes down, often slow, and some AN's simply disappear.

John
 

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mik3

Joined Feb 4, 2008
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In my opinion, there is no need to save each application note link. If you save the link of the main website then you can access all the application notes included in the website.
 
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