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PIC18F66K80 FAMILY
20.4.6
PROGRAMMABLE DEAD-BAND
DELAY MODE
In half-bridge applications, where all power switches
are modulated at the PWM frequency, the power
switches normally require more time to turn off than to
turn on. If both the upper and lower power switches are
switched at the same time (one turned on and the other
turned off), both switches may be on for a short period
until one switch completely turns off. During this brief
interval, a very high current (shoot-through current) will
flow through both power switches, shorting the bridge
supply. To avoid this potentially destructive
shoot-through current from flowing during switching,
turning on either of the power switches is normally
delayed to allow the other switch to completely turn off.
In Half-Bridge mode, a digitally programmable
dead-band delay is available to avoid shoot-through
current from destroying the bridge power switches. The
delay occurs at the signal transition from the non-active
state to the active state. For an illustration, see
Figure 20-14. The lower seven bits of the associated
ECCP1DEL register (Register 20-4) set the delay
period in terms of microcontroller instruction cycles
(TCY or 4 TOSC).
FIGURE 20-14:
EXAMPLE OF
HALF-BRIDGE PWM
OUTPUT
Period
Period
P1A⁽²⁾
Pulse Width
td
td
P1B⁽²⁾
(1)
(1)
(1)
td = Dead-Band Delay
Note 1:
2:
At this time, the TMR2 register is equal to the
PR2 register.
Output signals are shown as active-high.
FIGURE 20-15: EXAMPLE OF HALF-BRIDGE APPLICATIONS
V+
Standard Half-Bridge Circuit (“Push-Pull”)
FET
Driver
P1A
FET
Driver
P1B
+
V
-
Load
+
V
-
V-
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