heat dissipated in mosfet and required copper

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mah

Joined Mar 15, 2010
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I want to design h bridge using mosfet gate driver ir2112 and transistor IRF3205. I want to calculate the dissipated heat in the Mosfet in order not to use heat sink. according to the datasheet of both devices I calculated the dissipated power. the power supply is 24 volt, current 10A,frequency 20khz.
Rds(on) at temperature 25 C is .008 ohm. at 125 C (hot ) RDs(hot)= RDson (at 25)[1+.005x(T125-T25)=0.008[1+.005(125-25)]=0.012 ohm or 12 mohm.
so to calculate PD RESISTIVE = [ILOAD² × RDS(ON)HOT] × (VOUT/VIN) = 100*.012*0.94=1.128 watt.
from the ir3205 datasheet CRSS=211pf, ir2112 datasheet the gate driver current is almost 350 mA so
PD SWITCHING = (CRSS × VIN² × fSW × ILOAD)/IGATE = 211*^-12*24*24*20*1000*10/.350 = 0.069 watt
so the total power dissipated = 1.128+0.069= 1.19 watt.
is this right. if so will it need heat sink?
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crutschow

Joined Mar 14, 2008
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The MOSFET dissipated power is largely the ON resistance times the current when on, plus any MOSFET switching losses.
Vout/Vin is not a factor in that.

I usually calculate the switching losses by using a triangular linear estimation, which is multiplying the switch output rise time and fall time by 1/2 the voltage times times the ON current times the switching frequency (1/2 τrise * Iload*V*fSW + 1/2 τfall * Iload*V*fSW).

The gate power is largely dissipated in the gate driver not the MOSFET gate (which looks mostly like a capacitor which dissipates no power).
 

AlbertHall

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The datasheet quotes junction to ambient at 62°C/W so 1.19W will give a junction temperature 74°C above ambient. The maximum junction temperature is given as 175°C so it should be OK up to an ambient temperature of 113°C.

[EDIT] Subject to modification of the 1.19W by crutschow's formula.
 

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mah

Joined Mar 15, 2010
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Vout/Vin is not a factor in that.

I usually calculate the switching losses by using a triangular linear estimation, which is multiplying the switch output rise time and fall time by 1/2 the voltage times times the ON current times the switching frequency (1/2 τrise * Iload*V*fSW + 1/2 τfall * Iload*V*fSW).

The gate power is largely dissipated in the gate driver not the MOSFET gate (which looks mostly like a capacitor which dissipates no power).
Vout/Vin means the duty cycle which i think it's an important factor. if it is .5 so half the current will pass through the mosfet and so on.

Do you think that it doesn't need heat sink?
 
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crutschow

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Vout/Vin means the duty cycle which i think it's an important factor
Okay, that makes sense.
You are using Vout/Vin as an approximate value for the duty cycle of the MOSFET (it will be somewhat greater than that due to losses).
 
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