EiceDRIVER™ 2EDR8259H, 2EDRx259X, 2EDRx258X
Dual-channel isolated gate driver ICs in 300 mil DSO package
2 Functional description
2.4
Shoot-through protection and configurable dead-time - STP/DTC
The shoot-through protection pulls down the outputs OUTA and OUTB when both input signals INA, INB are at
high state. Its activation is recommended when the driver is used as half-bridge driver to prevent dangerous
shoot-through due to unwanted overlap of INA and INB. A dead-time can be ensured and configured via pin
STP/DTC as shown in Table 6.
Table 6
STP/DTC logic table
Conditions on the STP/DTC pin
Shoot-through
protection
Configurable dead-time
Tied to VDDI or lef open
Disabled
Enabled
Disabled
Connected to GNDI via resistor RDTC
Enabled with tdt [ns] = 10 x RDTC
[kΩ]; allowed RDTC range is 1.2kΩ
to 100kΩ
Connected to GNDI
Enabled
Disabled
The driver dead-time logic is triggered during the falling edge of an input and delays the rising transition of the
other input. The delay is only assigned if the driver configured dead-time is longer than the inputs signals’ own
dead-time.
The dead-time can be configured by changing the current fed into the STP/DTC pin via an external resistance
according to the formula: tdt [ns] = 10 x RDTC [kΩ]. It is recommended to use resistors with 1% accuracy in the 1.2
kΩ to 100 kΩ range. Connecting capacitors to the DTC pin must be avoided when the dead-time control
functionality is used.
INA
INB
tdt
tdt
tdt
OUTA
tdt
tdt
tdt
OUTB
A
B
D
F
C
E
Figure 4
Table 7
Logic for STP/DTC pin connected to GNDI via resistance RDTC
Logic for STP/DTC pin connected to GNDI via resistance RDTC
Condition
STP/DTC logic
A, B
The driver logic assigns the configured dead-time since it is longer than the input
signals’ dead-time
C, D
The driver logic does not assign the configured dead-time since it is shorter than
the input signals’ dead-time
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Datasheet
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Rev. 1.4
2023-10-30