Synchronous Rectified Buck MOSFET Drivers
ISL6625A
The ISL6625A is a high frequency MOSFET driver designed to
drive upper and lower power N-Channel MOSFETs in a
synchronous rectified buck converter topology.
Features
• Dual MOSFET drives for synchronous rectified bridge
• Advanced adaptive zero shoot-through protection
- PHASE detection
In ISL6625A, the upper and lower gates are both driven to an
externally applied voltage. This provides the capability to
optimize applications involving trade-offs between gate charge
and conduction losses.
- LGATE detection
- Auto-Zero of r
DS(ON)
conduction offset effect
• Low standby bias current
• 36V internal bootstrap switcher
• Bootstrap capacitor overcharging prevention
An advanced adaptive shoot-through protection is integrated to
prevent both the upper and lower MOSFETs from conducting
simultaneously and to minimize dead time. The ISL6625A has
a 10kΩ integrated high-side gate-to-source resistor to prevent
self turn-on due to high input bus dV/dt.
• Integrated high-side gate-to-source resistor to prevent from
self turn-on due to high input bus dV/dt
• Pre-POR overvoltage protection for start-up and shutdown
• Power rails undervoltage protection
This driver also has an overvoltage protection feature, which is
operational while VCC is below the POR threshold. The PHASE
node is connected to the gate of the low-side MOSFET (LGATE)
via a 30kΩ resistor, limiting the output voltage of the converter
close to the gate threshold of the low-side MOSFET. This is
dependent on the current being shunted, which provides some
protection to the load should the upper MOSFET(s) become
shorted.
• Expandable bottom copper pad for enhanced heat sinking
• Dual flat no-lead (DFN) package
- Near chip-scale package footprint; improves PCB
efficiency and thinner in profile
• Pb-Free (RoHS compliant)
Applications
• High light load efficiency voltage regulators
• Core regulators for advanced microprocessors
• High current DC/DC converters
Related Literature
• Technical Brief TB363 “Guidelines for Handling and
Processing Moisture Sensitive Surface Mount Devices
(SMDs)”
• Technical Brief TB417 “Designing Stable Compensation
Networks for Single Phase Voltage Mode Buck Regulators”
VCC
BOOT
PIN 6
UGATE
10k
POR/
CONTROL
LOGIC
+5V
30.4k
32k
PHASE
SHOOT-
PWM
30k
PINS 6 AND 7 MUST BE
TIED TOGETHER
THROUGH
PROTECTION
VCC
PIN 7
LGATE
GND
FIGURE 1. BLOCK DIAGRAM
September 19, 2012
FN7978.0
CAUTION: These devices are sensitive to electrostatic discharge; follow proper IC Handling Procedures.
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