STMicroelectronics EVALSTGAP2HSM Gate Driver Demonstration Board
STMicroelectronics EVALSTGAP2HSM Gate Driver Demonstration Board allows evaluation of the STGAP2HSM features while driving a half-bridge power stage with a voltage rating of up to 1200V in a TO-220 or TO-247 package. The gate driver is characterized by 4A current capability and rail-to-rail outputs. This feature makes the gate driver suitable for high-power inverter applications such as motor drivers in industrial applications equipped with a MOSFET/IGBT power switch. The separated source and sink outputs enable the user to optimize turn-on and turn-off via dedicated gate resistors independently.
The device integrates protection functions like UVLO and thermal shutdown to design high-reliability systems easily. Dual input pins allow for controlling signal polarity and implementing HW interlocking protection to avoid cross-conduction in case of a controller's malfunction. The device implements negative gate driving, and the onboard isolated DC-DC converters allow working with optimized driving voltage for MOSFET/IGBT. The STMicroelectronics EVALSTGAP2HSM enables easy selection and modification of the values of relevant external components to ease driver performance evaluation under different applicative conditions and fine pre-tuning of the final application's components.
Features
- Board
- High voltage rail up to 1200V
- Negative gate driving
- Onboard isolated DC-DC converters to supply high- and low-side gate drivers, fed by VAUX = 5V, with 5.2kV maximum isolation
- 3.3V VDD logic supply generated onboard or 5V (externally applied)
- Easy jumper selection of driving voltage configuration: +15/0V, +15/-3V, +19/0V, or +19/-3V
- Device
- 4A source/sink driver current capability at +25°C
- Separate sink and source for easy gate-driving configuration
- 6000V galvanic isolation
- 75ns short propagation delay
- UVLO function
- Gate driving voltage up to 26V
- 3.3V, 5V TTL/CMOS inputs with hysteresis
- Temperature shutdown protection
- Standby function
Applications
- Motor drivers
- Home appliances
- Factory automation
- Industrial drives
- Fans
- 600/1200V inverters
- Battery chargers
- Induction heating
- Welding
- UPS
- Power supply units
- DC-DC converters
- Power factor correction
Board Layout
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