DC to DC Synchronous Converter Design
Abdus Sattar, IXYS Corporation
IXAN0068
Modern power electronics products require small size and lighter weight of power
electronics parts. Filter inductor and capacitor sizes must be small. With the small filter,
the switching semiconductor devices must have small switching loss. And heat sink also
must be reduced. For the safe operation with the small heat sink, the switching
semiconductor devices must have small conduction loss. IXYS developed new generation
of Trench MOSFET (Trench2TM), which has small gate charge and low on-resistance.
The MOSFET will be well suited for high power applications of synchronous DC to DC
converters used in various systems. The MOSFET is rugged and has avalanche energy
capability.
Table 1: Few Examples of IXYS TrenchT2TM N-Channel Power MOSFETs
Vdss
(max) Tc=25C
(V) (A)
Id
@
Rds(on)
@
Ciss
(pF)
Qg
(nC
)
trr @
Tj=
R(th)JC
(°C/W)
Pd
Package
Type
Part Number
EAS
(mJ)
(W)
Tj=25°C
(Ω)
25°C
(ns)
600
600
300
300
400
400
600
600
300
300
400
400
IXTA220N04T2
IXTP220N04T2
IXTA90N055T2
IXTP90N055T2
IXTA110N055T2
IXTP110N055T2
IXTA200N055T2
IXTP200N055T2
IXTA70N075T2
IXTP70N075T2
IXTA90N075T2
IXTP90N075T2
360
360
150
150
180
180
360
360
150
150
180
180
TO‐263
TO‐220
TO‐263
TO‐220
TO‐263
TO‐220
TO‐263
TO‐220
TO‐263
TO‐220
TO‐263
TO‐220
40
220
0.0035
0.0035
0.0084
0.0084
0.0066
0.0066
0.0042
0.0042
0.012
6500 112
6500 112
45
45
37
37
38
38
49
49
48
48
50
50
0.42
0.42
1.0
40
55
55
55
55
55
55
75
75
75
75
220
90
2670
2670
3060
3060
42
42
57
57
90
1.0
110
110
200
200
70
0.82
0.82
0.42
0.42
1.0
6800 109
6800 109
2580
2580
3100
3100
46
46
54
54
70
0.012
1.0
90
0.010
0.82
0.82
90
0.010
DC-to-DC Synchronous Converter Design:
Figure 1: Synchronous Buck Converter using IXYS TrenchT2TM Power MOSFET
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