Half-bridge power device gate driver circuit with isolation using integrated magnetic component and carrier signal phase switching

Neville McNeill; Derrick Holliday; Philip Mellor

Half-bridge power device gate driver circuit with isolation using integrated magnetic component and carrier signal phase switching

Neville McNeill, Derrick Holliday, Philip Mellor

Electronic And Electrical Engineering

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Abstract

The number of transformers needed in isolated power semiconductor device gate driver circuits can be reduced by using a phase-switched carrier signal technique. This is combined with integrated magnetic techniques to further reduce the number of isolation elements required. A circuit is presented which uses only a single magnetic component to drive both the power semiconductor devices in a bridge leg circuit. Each device is provided with a local floating power supply and can be driven at any duty factor between 0% and 100%. Experimental waveforms are given and implementation is discussed.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 2011-14th european conference on power electronics and applications (EPE 2011)
Place of Publication	New York
Publisher	IEEE
Pages	1-10
Number of pages	10
ISBN (Print)	9781612841670
Publication status	Published - 2011
Event	European Power Electronics and Adjustable Speed Drives Conference 2011 (EPE '11) - Birmingham, United Kingdom Duration: 30 Aug 2011 → 1 Sept 2011

Conference

Conference	European Power Electronics and Adjustable Speed Drives Conference 2011 (EPE '11)
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Birmingham
Period	30/08/11 → 1/09/11

Keywords

power electronics
integrated magnetics
transformer
half-bridge power device
gate driver circuit
isolation
driver circuits
power transformers
power supply circuits
power semiconductor devices
integrated magnetic component
carrier signal phase switching

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McNeill, N, Holliday, D & Mellor, P 2011, Half-bridge power device gate driver circuit with isolation using integrated magnetic component and carrier signal phase switching. in Proceedings of the 2011-14th european conference on power electronics and applications (EPE 2011). IEEE, New York, pp. 1-10, European Power Electronics and Adjustable Speed Drives Conference 2011 (EPE '11), Birmingham, United Kingdom, 30/08/11.

Half-bridge power device gate driver circuit with isolation using integrated magnetic component and carrier signal phase switching. / McNeill, Neville; Holliday, Derrick; Mellor, Philip.
Proceedings of the 2011-14th european conference on power electronics and applications (EPE 2011). New York: IEEE, 2011. p. 1-10.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution book

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Half-bridge power device gate driver circuit with isolation using integrated magnetic component and carrier signal phase switching

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