GA50SICP12-227_15 Datasheet, PDF (8/13 Pages) GeneSiC Semiconductor, Inc. – Silicon Carbide Junction Transistor/Schottky Diode Co-Pack

GA50SICP12-227
Section V: Driving the GA50SICP12-227
Drive Topology
TTL Logic
Constant Current
High Speed – Boost Capacitor
High Speed – Boost Inductor
Proportional
Pulsed Power
Gate Drive Power
Consumption
High
Medium
Medium
Low
Lowest
Medium
Switching
Frequency
Low
Medium
High
High
High
N/A
Application Emphasis
Wide Temperature Range
Wide Temperature Range
Fast Switching
Ultra Fast Switching
Wide Drain Current Range
Pulse Power
Availability
Coming Soon
Coming Soon
Production
Coming Soon
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A: Static TTL Logic Driving
The GA50SICP12-227 may be driven with direct (5 V) TTL logic and current amplification. The amplified current level of the supply must meet
or exceed the steady state gate current (I_G,steady) required to operate the GA50SICP12-227. Minimum I_G,steady is dependent on the anticipated
drain current I_D through the SJT and the DC current gain h_FE, it may be calculated from the following equation. An accurate value of the h_FE
may be read from Figure 4. An optional resistor R_G may be used in series with the gate pin to trim I_G,steady, also an optional capacitor C_G may
be added in parallel with R_G to facilitate faster SJT switching if desired, further details on these options are given in the following section.
𝐼𝐼_{𝐺𝐺 ,í µí± í µí± í µí± í µí± í µí± í µí± í µí± í µí± í µí± í µí± í µí± í µí±} 
≈
𝐼𝐼_{𝐷𝐷}
ℎ_{𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹} (𝑇𝑇,
𝐼𝐼_{𝐷𝐷} )
∗
1.5
5V
TTL
Gate Signal
5/0V
TTL i/p
D
C_G
R_G
G
I_G,steady
GR
S
Figure 23: TTL Gate Drive Schematic
B: High Speed Driving
The SJT is a current controlled transistor which requires a positive gate current for turn-on and to remain in on-state. An idealized gate current
waveform for ultra-fast switching of the SJT while maintaining low gate drive losses is shown in Figure 24, it features a positive current peak
during turn-on, a negative current peak during turn-off, and continuous gate current during on-state.
Figure 24: An idealized gate current waveform for fast switching of an SJT.
An SJT is rapidly switched from its blocking state to on-state when the necessary gate charge, Q_G, for turn-on is supplied by a burst of high
gate current, I_G,on, until the SJT gate-source capacitance, C_GS, and gate-drain capacitance, C_GD, are fully charged.
𝑄𝑄_{𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜} = 𝐼𝐼_{𝐺𝐺,𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜} ∗ ₁
𝑄𝑄_{𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜} ≥ 𝑄𝑄_{𝑔𝑔} + 𝑄𝑄_{𝑔𝑔}
Dec 2015
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