Integrated results for dual low voltage IC based high and low side gate drive

Author

Yin, Yan ; Zane, Regan

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Colorado Univ., Boulder, CO

Volume

2

fYear

2005

fDate

6-10 March 2005

Firstpage

759

Abstract

An IC design for high and low side gate drive is presented based on use of two identical low voltage ICs that provide a low cost alternative to existing high voltage IC drivers. The approach uses a single external coupling capacitor between the two ICs with on-chip circuitry to provide charge pump power supply and on/off signaling. Design details are given for each of the core blocks of a custom IC prototype fabricated in a 15 V, 0.8 mum CMOS process. Experimental results are presented demonstrating successful drive of a 200 V half-bridge with an LCC electronic ballast and 32 W linear fluorescent lamp (LFL) load

Keywords

CMOS integrated circuits; capacitors; driver circuits; fluorescent lamps; integrated circuit design; lamp accessories; power supply circuits; 15 V; 200 V; 32 W; CMOS process; IC design; LCC electronic ballast; charge pump power supply; core block; external coupling capacitor; gate drive; linear fluorescent lamp; on-chip circuitry; on-off signaling; CMOS integrated circuits; CMOS process; Capacitors; Charge pumps; Costs; Coupling circuits; Driver circuits; Low voltage; Power supplies; Prototypes;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition, 2005. APEC 2005. Twentieth Annual IEEE

Conference_Location

Austin, TX

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8975-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APEC.2005.1453060

Filename

1453060