PWM controller getting hot

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K SRINIVASAN

Joined Sep 30, 2008
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why mosfet was heating in dc motor pwm controller i am used 500w, 24v,dc motor, i have used belove circuit what is the problem please help me
 

beenthere

Joined Apr 20, 2004
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Greetings! And welcome to AAC!

I've moved your post into its own thread, where it will draw more responses.

Please refrain from "hijacking" existing threads with tangent or off-topic questions. You can create new threads for new questions using the "New Thread" button on the upper left of the page.

Can you post up a schematic?
 

SgtWookie

Joined Jul 17, 2007
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Let's see - 24V @ 500W, so about 20.83A. Let's call it 21A.

What MOSFET are you using? And as Beenthere asked, a complete schematic would be most helpful in helping you.
 

hgmjr

Joined Jan 28, 2005
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This would be a good time for you to familiarize yourself with the process of attaching a file.

Here is a link to the FAQ section of the aac forum. In this section, you should be able to find instructions on how to attach a file to your post.

hgmjr
 

Bernard

Joined Aug 7, 2008
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I think all of the following have been covered in AAC : Too large gate resistor[Im using 390 Ω,],drive output too high Z,too low voltage,sink or source in sufficient to supply gate capacity,;operating frequency to high;heat sink so small. If you can, monitor the gate waveform,do'nt be surprised if you see triangles inseead of squares.
I hate the small pins on 80 A FETs.
 

Ron H

Joined Apr 14, 2005
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I think all of the following have been covered in AAC : Too large gate resistor[Im using 390 Ω,],drive output too high Z,too low voltage,sink or source in sufficient to supply gate capacity,;operating frequency to high;heat sink so small. If you can, monitor the gate waveform,do'nt be surprised if you see triangles inseead of squares.
I hate the small pins on 80 A FETs.
Another cause is shoot-through current, caused by the lack of dead time in switching the top and bottom elements in the sides of the H-bridge.
 

mik3

Joined Feb 4, 2008
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If you have a large input resistor as Bernard mentioned, then the transition from off to on becomes considerably slow and the MOS spends a lot of time in the linear region due to the internal gate capacitance, thus it heats up.Also, take care of the gate-source resistor which discharges the gate not to be very large as to switch off the MOS quickly and minimize the punch-through current.
 
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