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TPA31xxDx Bootstrap Circuit

In most switching applications, the bootstrap circuit is widely used to drive the high-side metal-oxidesemiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET). This bootstrap circuit technique has the ...
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Recommendations to Avoid Short Pulse Width Issues in HVIC Gate Driver Applications

The High-Voltage Integrated Circuit (HVIC) gate driver family is designed to drive an N-channel MOSFET or IGBT up to 600 V. One of the most common methods to supply power to the high-side gate drive ...
Electronic Design

Unique Driver Architecture Enhances GaN-Based Isolated Power-Supply Designs

GaN-on-silicon E-HEMT transistors are the choice for maximum performance, efficiency and cost-effective power supplies. Cost-effective driver technology enhances supply performance by simplifying ...
Electronic Design

Use Bootstrap Cell Circuits To Generate Multiple Voltages

Bootstrap circuits are widely used in dc-dc converters to serve as top-side bias voltage supplies. After explaining how bootstrap circuits work, this article will show how versatile they can be. One ...
Electronics Weekly

200V half-bridge mosfet driver

Littelfuse has introduced a 200V half-bridge mosfet and IGBT driver with integrated cross-conduction protection logic, said the company. IXD2012NTR, as it will be known, is designed to drive n-channel ...