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Simplify Your Driver for Power Applications
Hardware & software for
CAN bus applications…
new offerings feature advanced monitoring
and protection systems and improve total
system efficiency in automotive and industrial Meet us in
applications, according to TI. The gate drivers hall 1, booth 483
let designers create particularly compact
designs while achieving higher efficiency and
higher performance for applications such as
traction inverters, integrated battery chargers,
photovoltaic inverters, and motor drivers. The
new devices offer integrated sensing features
for SiC IGBTs and MOSFETs, simplifying
designs and enabling higher system reliability
in applications up to 1.5 kVrms. Figure 3: The EiceDRIVER family
The new MAX22701E driver from Maxim mage n neon echnologies
Integrated has a high common-mode-tran-
sient immunity (CMTI) of 300 kV/µs, vehicle charging stations, smart grids, and
extending system uptime. Common-mode solar micro-inverters.
transients may result from the driving circuit The EiceDRIVER family offers 7-ns accuracy
PCAN-MicroMod FDAN-MicroMod FD
of the spurious-pulse gate, resulting in a for input-to-output propagation delay and PC
short-circuit condition. The drive circuits 3-ns channel-to-channel accuracy, supporting Universal plug-in module with I/O
controlling the power converters must be the required efficiency level of the power-con- functionality and CAN FD interface.
designed to withstand these noise sources. version system. The family’s robust integrated Available with an evaluation board
Maxim Integrated’s driver is designed for galvanic isolation is important for half-bridge for the development of custom
switching power supplies in high-power configurations, both from input to output applications.
industrial systems such as solar inverters, and between output channels. In addition,
motor drives, and energy storage systems. reinforced integrated input-to-output isola-
The MAX22701E is compatible with both tion provides electrical safety where needed,
SiC and gallium nitride (GaN) FETs and according to Infineon.
features technical specs that the company The low-resistance output stages of the
said reduce downtime and losses. The driver EiceDRIVER family minimize internal power
is available in an eight-pin, 3.9 × 4.9-mm dissipation, so the gate driver can provide
narrow-body small-outline IC package with maximum power to the power MOSFET gates.
an extended temperature range from –40°C Isolated gate drivers are widely used to
to 125°C (Figure 2). drive MOSFETs and IGBTs in many applica-
Infineon Technologies has a family of tions and provide galvanic isolation. As the PC
PCAN-PCI/104-Express FDAN-PCI/104-Express FD
two-channel EiceDRIVER integrated circuits recent introductions make clear, SiC- and
for use in high-performance power-conver- GaN-based systems can operate at even CAN FD interface for PCI/104-Express
sion applications. The gate drivers are suited higher switching frequencies without signifi- systems. Available as single-, dual-,
for high-voltage PFC and DC/DC stages and cant power losses during the transition. ■ and four-channel version with drivers
for Windows and Linux.
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synchronous grinding stages in server, telco,
and industrial switching power supplies. Maurizio Di Paolo Emilio is a staff
Further applications include 48- to 12-V correspondent at AspenCore, editor of Power
DC/DC converters, battery and electric- Electronics News, and editor-in-chief of EEWeb.

PCAN-Explorer 6
Professional Windows software for
®
observation, control, and simulation of
CAN FD and CAN 2.0 buses recording
and playback symbolic message
representation automation with
VBScript and macros functionality
upgrades with add-ins

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Figure 2: Block diagram of the MAX22701E (Image: Maxim Integrated)
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