EE682 Group Project Design

Lecture #1 Power Switch Design

Prof. Ali Keyhani

Boost DC/DC Converter Design

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Boost Converter Review

1. Circuit topology

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Boost Converter Review

2. Continuous conducting mode (CCM)

Current slope: VL/L

Where VL is inductor
voltage

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Boost Converter Review

3. Discontinuous conducting mode (DCM)

Inductor current is not

continuous

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Design Tasks
1. Power switch design
2. Inductor design
3. Capacitor design
4. Drive circuit

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Design Specifications
1. Input voltage: 24 V
2. Output voltage: 48 V
3. Output power: 240 W
4. Inductor current ripple: 15 %
5. Capacitor voltage ripple: 0.1 %

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1. Power BJTs, Power MOSFETs, and IGBTs
1. BJTs greater capacity, low ON state loss
2. MOSFETs fast switching, voltage driven
3. IGBTs combined modules, powerful and expensive

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Illustrate the design procedures with a design example:
Design requirement:
A 240-watt DC/DC boost converter with Vin=24V and
Vout=48V.

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1. Current and voltage rating requirements
Design:
Peak transistor current equals to
Iin=P/Vin=240W/24V=10A
Voltage rating requirements
VTmax=Vout+VF(diode)=48+0.7V=48.7V
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2. Device selection based on the requirements
Design:
Candidate I: BJT 2N6547
IC=15A>10A and VCE=400V>48V
Candidate II: power MOSFET HUFA75307D3
ID=15A>10A and VDS=55V>48V

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Datesheet 2N6547

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Power Switch Design

Datesheet HUFA75307D3

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3. Base/Gate drive requirements
2N6547: For IC=15A, must have IB>=3A, not desirable

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3. Base/Gate drive requirements (contd)
HUFA75307D3 is voltage driven:
Threshold (mininum ON) gate-source voltage VGSth =4V
Maximum gate-source voltage VGSmax=20V
Can be driven by TTL (+5V) or CMOS logic +15V digital
circuits

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4. Transient performances
2N6547
Rise time: tr=1.0s
Fall time: tf=1.5s
HUFA75307D3
Rise time: tr=40ns
Fall time: tf=45ns

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5. Selection
Power MOSFET HUFA75307D3
6. Switching loss
Wloss 1
V I
= (Wloss _ ON + Wloss _ OFF ) = ds d (tON + tOFF )
T
T
2T
48 10
(
=
60 + 100) 10 9 = 0.768W
1
2
20 103

PSW _ loss =

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7. ON state loss
1. ON state time
t1 =

1 Vout + VF Vin
1 48 + 0.7 24

=
sec = 25.73 s
3
f
Vout
48

20 10

2. ON state loss
PON _ loss =
=

WON _ loss
T

1 2
= I D rDS ( ON )t1
T

)
)

1
152 0.075 25.73 10 6 = 8.684W
1
20 103

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8. Overall loss

Ploss = PSW _ loss + PON _ loss = 9.452W < PD = 45 W

(see the datasheet of HUFA75307D3)

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Calculation of junction to sink temperature difference

T JC ( t ) = Ploss Z JC ( 50 %) ( t ) R JC
T js = Rjs Ploss = 3.3o C/W 9.452W = 31.2o C < Tjmax = 175C

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HUFA75307D3 ON-resistance and turn-on and turn-off time

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