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ISL6611A_13 Datasheet, PDF (10/14 Pages) Intersil Corporation – Phase Doubler with Integrated Drivers and Phase Shedding Function
ISL6611A
pins completes the bootstrap circuit. The ISL6611A’s internal
bootstrap resistor is designed to reduce the overcharging of
the bootstrap capacitor when exposed to excessively large
negative voltage swing at the PHASE node. Typically, such
large negative excursions occur in high current applications
that use D2-PAK and D-PAK MOSFETs or excessive layout
parasitic inductance. Equation 1 helps select a proper
bootstrap capacitor size:
CB
O
O
T
_CAP
≥
----------Q-----G----A----T----E----------
Δ VB O O T _CAP
(EQ. 1)
QGATE=
Q-----G-----1----•-----P----V-----C----C---
VGS1
•
NQ
1
where QG1 is the amount of gate charge per upper MOSFET
at VGS1 gate-source voltage and NQ1 is the number of
control MOSFETs. The ΔVBOOT_CAP term is defined as the
allowable droop in the rail of the upper gate drive.
As an example, suppose two HAT2168 FETs are chosen as
the upper MOSFETs. The gate charge, QG, from the data
sheet is 12nC at 5V (VGS) gate-source voltage. Then the
QGATE is calculated to be 26.4nC at 5.5V PVCC level. We
will assume a 100mV droop in drive voltage over the PWM
cycle. We find that a bootstrap capacitance of at least
0.264µF is required. The next larger standard value
capacitance is 0.33µF. A good quality ceramic capacitor is
recommended.
2.0
1.8
1.6
1.4
1.2
1.0
0.8
0.6
0.4
0.2 20nC
QGATE = 100nC
50nC
0.0
0.0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1.0
ΔVBOOT (V)
FIGURE 2. BOOTSTRAP CAPACITANCE vs BOOT RIPPLE
VOLTAGE
Power Dissipation
Package power dissipation is mainly a function of the
switching frequency (FSW), the output drive impedance, the
external gate resistance, and the selected MOSFET’s
internal gate resistance and total gate charge. Calculating
the power dissipation in the driver for a desired application is
critical to ensure safe operation. Exceeding the maximum
allowable power dissipation level will push the IC beyond the
maximum recommended operating junction temperature of
+125°C. The maximum allowable IC power dissipation for
the 4x4 QFN package, with an exposed heat escape pad, is
around 2W. See “Layout Considerations” on page 12 for
thermal transfer improvement suggestions. When designing
the driver into an application, it is recommended that the
following calculation is used to ensure safe operation at the
desired frequency for the selected MOSFETs. The total gate
drive power losses due to the gate charge of MOSFETs and
the driver’s internal circuitry and their corresponding average
driver current can be estimated with Equations 2 and 3,
respectively,
PQg_TOT = 2 • (PQg_Q1 + PQg_Q2) + IQ • VCC
P Q g _Q1
=
Q-----G-----1----•-----P----V-----C----C-----2-
VGS1
•
FSW
•
NQ
1
P Q g _Q2
=
Q-----G-----2----•-----P----V-----C----C-----2-
VGS2
•
FSW
•
NQ
2
(EQ. 2)
IDR
=
2
•
⎛
⎜
⎝
Q-----G-----1----•-----N----Q-----1-
VGS1
+
Q-----G---V--2--G--•--S---N-2---Q-----2-⎠⎟⎞
• FSW + IQ
(EQ. 3)
where the gate charge (QG1 and QG2) is defined at a
particular gate to source voltage (VGS1and VGS2) in the
corresponding MOSFET datasheet; IQ is the driver’s total
quiescent current with no load at both drive outputs; NQ1
and NQ2 are number of upper and lower MOSFETs,
respectively. The factor 2 is the number of active channels.
The IQ VCC product is the quiescent power of the driver
without capacitive load.
The total gate drive power losses are dissipated among the
resistive components along the transition path. The drive
resistance dissipates a portion of the total gate drive power
losses, the rest will be dissipated by the external gate
resistors (RG1 and RG2, should be a short to avoid
interfering with the operation shoot-through protection
circuitry) and the internal gate resistors (RGI1 and RGI2) of
MOSFETs. Figures 3 and 4 show the typical upper and lower
gate drives turn-on transition path. The power dissipation on
the driver can be roughly estimated as Equation 4:
PDR = 2 • (PDR_UP + PDR_LOW) + IQ • VCC
(EQ. 4)
P D R _UP
=
⎛
⎜
⎝
-------------R-----H----I--1--------------
RHI1 + REXT1
+
-R----L---O-----1R----+-L---O-R----1-E----X----T---1--⎠⎟⎞
• -P----Q----g----_---Q----1-
2
P D R _LOW
=
⎛
⎜
⎝
-------------R-----H----I--2--------------
RHI2 + REXT2
+
R-----L---O-----2R----+-L---O-R----2-E----X----T---2--⎠⎟⎞
•
-P----Q----g----_--Q-----2-
2
REXT2
=
RG
1
+
R-----G-----I-1--
NQ1
REXT2
=
RG2
+
R-----G-----I-2--
NQ2
10
FN6881.1
August 28, 2012