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Electronics => Power/Renewable Energy/EV's => Topic started by: Faringdon on January 15, 2022, 10:43:33 pm
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Hi,
If you have a 3.6kW Half Bridge SMPS, using IXER35N120 IGBTs (fsw = 20kHz) .......then is the P6KE18CA TVS going to be good enough to protect the IGBT Gates from transient overvoltages?
The Abs Max of the gate voltage is 20V.
IXER35N120 IGBT
https://www.mouser.es/datasheet/2/240/l518-1548005.pdf (https://www.mouser.es/datasheet/2/240/l518-1548005.pdf)
P6KE18CA TVS
https://www.littelfuse.com/media?resourcetype=datasheets&itemid=3ba2705e-3e6f-49cc-b247-92bd0aed9fd5&filename=littelfuse-tvs-diode-p6ke-datasheet (https://www.littelfuse.com/media?resourcetype=datasheets&itemid=3ba2705e-3e6f-49cc-b247-92bd0aed9fd5&filename=littelfuse-tvs-diode-p6ke-datasheet)
Is it right that we are to consider that P6KE18CA's TVS current goes linearly from 1mA at 18.9V to 24.2A at 25.2V?
If this was the case, then at 20V, the P6KE18CA TVS would conduct up to 4.2A
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What transient voltages?
Tim
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If you have a 3.6kW Half Bridge SMPS, using IXER35N120 IGBTs (fsw = 20kHz) .......then is the P6KE18CA TVS going to be good enough to protect the IGBT Gates from transient overvoltages?
Assuming that you are driving the gate to full saturation with 15 volts, sure, the P6KE18CA will work fine.
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What transient voltages?
Thanks, its just the general "malaise" thats going to find its way through the IGBT stray junction capacitances and potentially blow up the gate.
Assuming that you are driving the gate to full saturation with 15 volts, sure, the P6KE18CA will work fine.
Thanks, it seems amazing that this P6KE18CA can only draw 1mA with 18.9V across it, then with 20V across it it can draw 4.2A.
I wonder how a zener in the same package would perform?
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Thanks, it seems amazing that this P6KE18CA can only draw 1mA with 18.9V across it, then with 20V across it it can draw 4.2A.
I wonder how a zener in the same package would perform?
A zener would work the same since they are essentially the same thing.
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What transient voltages?
Thanks, its just the general "malaise" thats going to find its way through the IGBT stray junction capacitances and potentially blow up the gate.
That's why you don't take inverter designs from Jimmy Carter. Mine simply don't do that...
Such an element might be gainfully employed to protect the gate driver, such as in a modular system where the drivers are relatively expensive, and IGBT destruction can't be avoided through other means (or multiple layers of protection are desired).
Tim
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Bonjour David: A TAZ is a large area Zener specifically rated and tested on standard pulses with defined wave shape, current etc.
TAZ have specified clamp V and certain currents, but cannot dissipate long-term. The large die in a small package was developed at General Semi decades ago. Yes they are Zeners but not interchangeable!
In the case of gate protection, a TAZ is not usually needed and a Zener can serve as the current is limited by the driver.
Beware of the Zener shunt capacitance on the driver performance.
Bon chance
Jon