Title :
A new family of loss-less power MOSFET drivers
Author :
Diaz, J. ; Perez, Marcelo A. ; Nuno, Fernando
Author_Institution :
Dept. de Ingenieria Electr., Electron. de Comput. y de Sistemas, Oviedo Univ.
Abstract :
In this paper, a new family of lossless drivers for power MOS control is proposed. As is well known, the MOS input equivalent circuit is nearly a true capacitor. A new strategy for recovering energy in this capacitor based on DC/DC power converters is proposed. The authors present analysis and simulations, using the AWB (Analog Work-Bench software) package, of this new driver as well as a comparison with a traditional circuit. Finally, conclusions and future work are also presented
Keywords :
DC-DC power convertors; circuit analysis computing; driver circuits; equivalent circuits; field effect transistor switches; power MOSFET; power capacitors; power engineering computing; power field effect transistors; power semiconductor switches; software packages; switching circuits; AWB software package; Analog Work-Bench software; DC/DC power converters; MOS input equivalent circuit; capacitor; computer simulation; energy recovery; lossless drivers; power MOS control; power MOSFET drivers; DC-DC power converters; Driver circuits; MOS capacitors; MOSFET circuits; Power MOSFET; Protection; Resonance; Switched capacitor circuits; Switches; Voltage control;
Conference_Titel :
Power Electronics Congress, 1994. Technical Proceedings. CIEP '94., 3rd International
Conference_Location :
Puebla
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2068-9
DOI :
10.1109/CIEP.1994.494398
