Gate Driver Spikes

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Stuntmaster16

Joined Apr 22, 2020
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Hi I am trying to simulate a very basic Class D audio power amplifier. My problem I have is there appears to be shoot through current between my two swtiching nmos mosfets. I tried avoiding the shoot through current by implementing the dead time control, but it doesn't seem to stop the shoot through currents. An example is when output A is and output B pulses high, output A tends to have a tiny spike has output B pulses high. This tiny spike causes the two nmos mosfets to turn on at the same time causing a shoot through current. Is there anything I am doing wrong that I have done that would cause the low output to have a tiny spike when the other output goes high?
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Red is the Shoot-through current, White is the low-side gate drive voltage and Green is the high-side gate drive voltage from the Outputs A and B. As you can see with even dead time implemented, the lowside voltage has a spike as soon as the highside voltage pulses high. Is there something I am doing wrong that is causing the gate driver output to behave weirdly. This is my bachelors thesis topic and I need help with this because the shoot through current is causing very bad power efficiency of around 40%-50%. I am trying to make sure it stays in the 80%-90% region.

Below I attached the Gate driver spice model and the Amplifier schematic.
https://e2e.ti.com/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-discussions-components-files/196/3312.Spike-.JPG
 

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ronsimpson

Joined Oct 7, 2019
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There are three different pieces to the UCC21222.
There needs to be a 10 to 15 volt supply(s) from Vdda to Vcca and a different one from B to B. (third one Vcci_0 to GND)
V7 44.5 will kill a real part.
Keep what I drew in BLUE and RED separate. Do not connect red and blue together.

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When you make one out of real parts there must be capacitors on all supplies! Right on the pins. No long traces.
 
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