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Electric power assignment - 1

1/What is the Snubber circuit
- is an electrical circuit that is designed to protect
electronic components from voltage spikes and reduce
electromagnetic interference (EMI).
- It is essentially a combination of resistors, capacitors,
and sometimes diodes, strategically placed across a load
or a switch to control the voltage and current
waveforms.
- is a combination of passive components, such as
capacitors and resistors, connected in parallel or series
with a load or switching device .
- 2/Why is the Snubber Circuit
Important
- to protect electronic devices from voltage spikes-by
providing a path for the excess energy to dissipate.

- Reduction of electromagnetic interference- by

suppressing the voltage and current transients that
cause interference.

- prevents component damage - by limiting the rate of

change of voltage and current waveforms during
switching events.
- 3/ What is a gate driver circuit?
- A gate driver is a power amplifier that accepts
a low-power input from a controller IC and
produces a high-current drive input for the gate
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of a high-power transistor such as an IGBT or

power MOSFET.
- can be provided either on-chip or as a
discrete module. In essence, a gate driver
consists of a level shifter in combination with
an amplifier.

- The simplest gate drive circuit (A)

consists of a resistor RG, which is used
to limit the gate drive current and control
the switching time. This is necessary to
limit EMI, and it also damps ringing
oscillation that may appear at the gate as
a result of fast dv/dt acting in conjunction
with the MOSFET parasitic capacitance
and inductance elements.
- 4/ Uses of gate driver circuit ;
- are responsible for delivering the
appropriate voltage and current levels to
the MOSFET gate- ensuring that it
switches on and off efficiently and
effectively. .
- By controlling the gate voltage and
current, gate driver circuits ;-
- enable optimal switching characteristics.
- minimizing losses and
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maximizing overall system performance.
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- 5/ what are the protection of

switching devices
- Switching devices are devices use
d to close (make) or open (break)
electrical circuits.