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Fig 17. Diode Reverse Recovery Test Circuit for N-Channel HEXFET
®
Power MOSFETs
Fig 15. Typical Avalanche Current Vs.Pulsewidth
Fig 16. Maximum Avalanche Energy Vs. Temperature
Notes on Repetitive Avalanche Curves , Figures 15, 16:
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1. Avalanche failures assumption:
Purely a thermal phenomenon and failure occurs at a
temperature far in excess of T
jmax
. This is validated for
every part type.
2. Safe operation in Avalanche is allowed as long asT
jmax
is
not exceeded.
3. Equation below based on circuit and waveforms shown in
Figures 19a, 19b.
4. P
D (ave)
= Average power dissipation per single
avalanche pulse.
5. BV = Rated breakdown voltage (1.3 factor accounts for
voltage increase during avalanche).
6. I
av
= Allowable avalanche current.
7. ΔT = Allowable rise in junction temperature, not to exceed
T
jmax
(assumed as 25°C in Figure 15, 16).
t
av =
Average time in avalanche.
D = Duty cycle in avalanche = t
av
·f
Z
thJC
(D, t
av
) = Transient thermal resistance, see figure 11)
P
D (ave)
= 1/2 ( 1.3·BV·I
av
) = DT/ Z
thJC
I
av
=
2DT/ [1.3·BV·Z
th
]
E
AS (AR)
= P
D (ave)
·t
a
P.W.
Period
di/dt
Diode Recovery
dv/dt
Ripple ≤ 5%
Body Diode Forward Drop
Re-Applied
Voltage
Reverse
Recovery
Current
Body Diode Forward
Current
V
GS
=10V
V
DD
I
SD
Driver Gate Drive
D.U.T. I
SD
Waveform
D.U.T. V
DS
Waveform
Inductor Curent
D =
P. W .
Period
* V
GS
= 5V for Logic Level Devices
*
Inductor Current
Circuit Layout Considerations
• Low Stray Inductance
• Ground Plane
• Low Leakage Inductance
Current Transformer
• di/dt controlled by R
G
• Driver same type as D.U.T.
• I
SD
controlled by Duty Factor "D"
• D.U.T. - Device Under Test
+
-
+
+
+
-
-
-
R
G
V
DD
D.U.T
1.0E-06 1.0E-05 1.0E-04 1.0E-03 1.0E-02 1.0E-01
tav (sec)
0.1
1
10
100
1000
A
v
a
l
a
n
c
h
e
C
u
r
r
e
n
t
(
A
)
0.05
Duty Cycle = Single Pulse
0.10
Allowed avalanche Current vs avalanche
pulsewidth, tav, assuming
ΔΤ
j = 25°C and
Tstart = 150°C.
0.01
Allowed avalanche Current vs avalanche
pulsewidth, tav, assuming
Δ
Tj = 150°C and
Tstart =25°C (Single Pulse)
25 50 75 100 125 150 175
Starting T
J
, Junction Temperature (°C)
0
40
80
120
160
200
240
280
E
A
R
,
A
v
a
l
a
n
c
h
e
E
n
e
r
g
y
(
m
J
)
TOP Single Pulse
BOTTOM 1% Duty Cycle
I
D
= 120A