ASIC like HVIC for interfacing to half-bridge based power circuits

Author

Mansmann, J.G. ; Wildi, Eric J. ; Walden, John P. ; Fujino, Kenji ; Hasegawa, Yoshi

Author_Institution

GE Solid State, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA

fYear

1988

fDate

11-14 April 1988

Firstpage

1319

Abstract

A generic 500 V high-voltage IC with an architecture for driving N-IGBT and/or N-MOSFET power devices organized in a half-bridge (phase leg) configuration is described and its performance shown. The circuit´s main function is to provide an interface between low-level logic inputs (CMOS) and output power devices. It provides numerous protection features, such as current limiting, prevention of overlap firing, and power supply undervoltage protection. The device has been shown to perform flawlessly in noisy industrial environments.<>

Keywords

bridge circuits; power integrated circuits; power transistors; protection; 500 V; ASIC; BiMOS process; CMOS; HVIC; IGBT; MOSFET; bipolar transistors; current limiting; half-bridge; logic inputs; overlap firing; performance; power IC; power devices; power supply undervoltage protection; power transistors; Application specific integrated circuits; CMOS logic circuits; Circuit noise; Current limiters; Leg; Logic devices; MOSFET circuits; Power generation; Power supplies; Protection;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Electronics Specialists Conference, 1988. PESC '88 Record., 19th Annual IEEE

Conference_Location

Kyoto, Japan

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PESC.1988.18277

Filename

18277