Integrated Gate Driver Circuit Solutions

Integrated Gate Driver Circuit Solutions

Issue 5 2010 Power Electronics Europe www.power-mag.com Power electronics systems are commonly used in motor drive, power supply and power conversion applications. They cover a wide output power spectrum: from several hundred watts in small drives up to megawatts in wind-power installations or large drive systems. Inside the system the gate driver circuit with
its extensive control and monitoring functions forms the interface between the microcontroller and the power switches (IGBT). This article provides an overview of different gate driver topologies for different power ranges and shows examples for monolithic integration of the driver functionality. R. Herzer, J.Lehmann, M. Rossberg, B. Vogler, SEMIKRON Elektronik, Nuremberg, Germany.

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