GaN EiceDRIVER™ product family
Single-channel functional and reinforced isolated gate-drive ICs for
high-voltage enhancement-mode GaN HEMTs
Features
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Dedicated gate driver ICs for high-voltage GaN power switches (CoolGaN™, GIT technology based products)
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low driving impedance (on-resistance 0.85 Ω source, 0.35 Ω sink)
resistor programmable gate current (typ. 10 mA) in steady “on” state
programmable negative gate voltage to completely avoid spurious turn-on
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Single output supply voltage (typ. 8 V, floating)
Switching behavior independent of duty-cycle (2 "off" voltage levels)
Differential concept to ensure negative gate drive voltage under any condition
Fast input-to-output propagation (37 ns) with excellent stability (+7/-6 ns)
Galvanic input-to-output isolation based on coreless transformer (CT) technology
Common mode transient immunity (CMTI) > 200 V/ns
3 package versions
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1EDF5673K: 13-pin LGA (5 x 5 mm, PG-TFLGA-13-1) for functional isolation (1.5 kV)
1EDF5673F: 16-pin P-DSO (150 mil, PG-DSO-16-11) for functional isolation (1.5 kV)
1EDS5663H: 16-pin P-DSO (300 mil, PG-DSO-16-30) for reinforced isolation
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Fully qualified according to JEDEC for Industrial Applications
Description
CoolGaN™ and similar GaN switches require a continuous gate current of a few mA in their "on" state. Besides,
due to low threshold voltage and extremely fast switching transients, a negative "off" voltage level may be
needed. The widely used RC-coupled gate driver fulfils these requirements, however it suffers from a duty-cycle
dependence of switching dynamics and the lack of negative gate drive in specific situations.
Infineon's GaN EiceDRIVER™ solves these issues with very low effort. The two output stages shown below enable
a zero “off" level to eliminate any duty-cycle dependence. In addition, the differential topology is able to provide
negative gate drive without the need for a negative supply voltage. However, it requires a floating supply voltage
not compatible with bootstrapping.
GaN EiceDRIVER™
Controller
VDD > 3.5V
RVDDI
VDDS
VDDI
SLDO
PWM
UVLOin
Ishunt
UVLOoutS
VDD
CT
VDD
Rtr
CC
VDDO
CVDDO
SLDO
RX
TX
S1
S2
RSS
OUTS
GNDS
Control
Logic
PWM
Control
Logic
CVDDI
GNDI
CoolGaN™
VDDG
D
UVLOoutG
IGx60Rxx
DISABLE
GPIOx
GND
TX
RX
S3
S4
OUTG
GNDG
G
Control
Logic
TNEG
Rt1
delay
t1
SS
S
GNDI
Final datasheet
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Please read the Important Notice and Warnings at the end of this document
Rev. 2.4
2021-11-09