PMDC motor driver

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amitkatheria

Joined Jul 23, 2021
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Sir,
I am trying to make a PMDC 20V30A driver and have used the below circuit but it doesn't work and sometimes the MOSFETs get too hot. Please help me.

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Sensacell

Joined Jun 19, 2012
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You realize that the high-side gate drive is derived by a capacitor bootstrap?
If you apply a signal for more than a few seconds without switching, the charge on the high-side will leak off and the upper MOSFET will start to drop out of conduction. (HOT)

Steady-state operation is not possible, you could insert periodic "recharge" cycles to keep the bootstrap caps charged.
 
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