Gate driver power supply arrangement for cascode-connected super-junction MOSFETs in a bridge-leg

Neville McNeill; Andrew Hopkins; Barry W. Williams

doi:10.1049/ell2.12667

Gate driver power supply arrangement for cascode-connected super-junction MOSFETs in a bridge-leg

Neville McNeill^*, Andrew Hopkins, Barry W. Williams

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Bristol Doctoral College

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Abstract

This letter presents a circuit for powering cascode gate driver circuits with super-junction (SJ) MOSFETs in a bridge-leg. The cascode gate driver gives inherent MOSFET intrinsic diode deactivation, and the bridge-leg incorporates an inductive turn-on snubber which controls the charging currents into the MOSFETs’ output capacitances. The cascode driver circuits and snubber inductor are configured such that the gate-drive energy is derived from the power stage.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	988-990
Number of pages	3
Journal	Electronics Letters
Volume	58
Issue number	25
Early online date	7 Nov 2022
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1049/ell2.12667
Publication status	Published - 13 Dec 2022

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