Title :
Comparison of continuous and discontinuous Current Source Drivers for high frequency applications
Author :
Zhang, Zhiliang ; Fu, Jizhen ; Liu, Yan-Fei ; Sen, P.C.
Author_Institution :
Aero-Power Sci-tech Center, Nanjing Univ. of Aeronaut. & Astronaut., Nanjing, China
Abstract :
Comprehensive comparison of continuous and discontinuous Current Source Drivers (CSDs) are presented in terms of switching loss reduction, gate energy recovery, range of duty cycle and fast dynamic response. The advantages and disadvantages of the continuous and discontinuous CSDs are summarized. Overall, the discontinuous CSDs achieve better performance over the continuous CSDs. A 12 V input, 1.3V/30A output and 1 MHz buck converter was built to verify the difference between these two types of the CSDs.
Keywords :
constant current sources; driver circuits; power convertors; CSD; buck converters; current 30 A; discontinuous current source drivers; frequency 1 MHz; gate energy recovery; switching loss reduction; voltage 1.3 V; voltage 12 V; Driver circuits; Drives; Inductors; Logic gates; MOSFET circuits; Switching frequency; Switching loss; Buck converter; Current Source Driver (CSD); Resonant Gate Driver (RGD); Voltage Regulator (VR); Voltage Regulator Module (VRM); power MOSFET;
Conference_Titel :
Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), 2010 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Atlanta, GA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5286-6
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5287-3
DOI :
10.1109/ECCE.2010.5617923
