So I am having an issue with my inverter circuit. It was running fine for a long time then I tried it on a different power supply which allowed more current. I assume the current is what broke it but I only put a load on it that would equate to about .5A. For reference I before this point I was testing on a source only capable of .4A. From what I can tell from the data sheet for the Gate driver (https://www.infineon.com/dgdl/irs2186pbf.pdf?fileId=5546d462533600a40153567716c427ed) it should be able to handle 2 or 4 amps either way should have been with in safety margin.
But If I am being honest I do not understand what the data sheet means by "Output high short circuit pulsed current" does that mean the current coming out of the IC to the (in my case) MOSFET's gate? That would make sense to me but it doesnt make sense to me why it would have to be so high to just drive the MOSFET.
Lastly the reason I think the chip is broken is because it is reading the VCC voltage the High and low INPUT pins which should be either reading the signal I am sending to it or 0 if nothing is attached. but also the chip is taking a good bit more current on the VCC pin like about 0.04A which it did not used to do and is above what data sheet says it should be drawing.
thanks
But If I am being honest I do not understand what the data sheet means by "Output high short circuit pulsed current" does that mean the current coming out of the IC to the (in my case) MOSFET's gate? That would make sense to me but it doesnt make sense to me why it would have to be so high to just drive the MOSFET.
Lastly the reason I think the chip is broken is because it is reading the VCC voltage the High and low INPUT pins which should be either reading the signal I am sending to it or 0 if nothing is attached. but also the chip is taking a good bit more current on the VCC pin like about 0.04A which it did not used to do and is above what data sheet says it should be drawing.
thanks