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FAN3100C / FAN3100T — Single 2 A High-Speed, Low-Side Gate Driver
Applica tions Information
Input Thresholds
The FA N3 100 offers TTL or CMOS input thresholds. In the
FAN3100T, the input thresholds meet industry-standard
TTL logic thres holds , independent of the VDD voltage, and
there is a hysteresis voltage of approximately 0.4 V.
These levels permit the inputs to be driven from a range of
input logic signal levels for w hich a voltage over 2 V is
considered logic HIGH. The driving signal for the TTL
inputs should have fast rising and falling edges w ith a
slew rate of 6 V /µs or fas ter, s o the rise time from 0 to
3.3 V should be 550 ns or les s. With reduc ed slew rate,
circuit noise could cause the driver input voltage to
exceed the hysteresis voltage and retrigger the driver
i nput, causing erratic operation.
In the FAN3100C, the logic i nput thresholds are dependent
on the VDD level and, w ith VDD of 12 V, the logic rising
edge thres hold is approximately 55% of VDD and the input
falling edge threshold is approximately 38% of V DD. The
CMOS input configuration offers a hysteresis voltage of
approximately 17% of VDD. The CMO S inputs can be used
with relatively slow edges (approaching DC) if good
decoupling and bypass techniques are incorporated in the
system design to prevent noise from violating the input
voltage hysteresis w indow . This allow s setting precise
timing intervals by fitting an R-C circuit between the
controlling signal and the IN pin of the driver. The slow
rising edge at the IN pin of the driver introduc es a delay
between the controlling signal and the OUT pin of the
driver.
Static Supply Current
In the IDD (static) typical performance graphs (Figure 9 -
Figure 10 and Figure 15 - Figure 16), the curve is
produced with all inputs floating (OUT is LOW) and
indicates the lowest static IDD current for the tested
configuration. For other states, additional current flow s
through the 100 kΩ resistors on the inputs and outputs
show n in the bloc k diagrams (see Figure 5 - Figure 6). In
these cases, the actual static IDD current is the value
obtained from the curves plus this addi tional current.
MillerDrive™ Gate Drive Tec hnolog y
FAN3100 drivers incorporate the MillerDrive™
architecture show n in Figure 42 for the output stage, a
combination of bipolar and MOS devices capable of
providing large currents over a w ide range of supply
voltage and temperature variations. The bipolar devices
carry the bul k of the current as OUT swings between 1/3
to 2/3 V DD and the MOS devices pul l the output to the high
or low rail.
The purpose of the MillerDrive™ arc hitectur e is to s peed
up s witching by pr oviding the highes t current dur ing the
Miller plateau region when the gate-drain capac itance of
the MOSFET is being charged or discharged as part of the
turn-on / turn-off process.
For applications that hav e zero v oltage sw itching during
the MOSFET turn-on or turn-off interval, the driver
supplies high peak current for fast sw itching even though
the Miller plateau is not present. This situation often
occ urs in sy nchronous rec tif ier applications bec ause the
body diode is generally conducting bef ore the MOSFET is
sw itched on.
The output pin slew rate is determined by VDD voltage and
the load on the output. It is not user adjustable, but if a
slower rise or fall time at the MOSFET gate is needed, a
series resistor can be added.
Figure 42. MillerDrive™ Output Architecture
Under-Voltage Lockout
The FAN3100 start-up logic is optimized to drive ground
referenced N-channel MOSFETs with a under-voltage
lockout (UVLO) f unc tion to ens ure that the IC starts up i n
an orderly fashion. When VDD is rising, yet below the
3.9 V operational lev el, this circ uit holds the output LOW,
regardless of the status of the input pins. After the part is
active, the supply voltage must drop 0.2 V before the part
shuts dow n. This hy steres is helps prev ent chatter when
low VDD supply voltages have noise from the pow er
sw itching. This configuration is not suitable for driving
high-side P-channel MOSFETs because the low output
voltage of the driver w ould turn the P-channel MOSFET on
w ith VDD below 3.9 V.
VDD Bypass Capa citor Guidelin es
To enable this IC to turn a pow er device on quickly, a
local, high-frequency, bypass capacitor CBYP w ith low
ESR and ESL should be connected between the VDD and
GND pins w ith minimal trace length. This capacitor is in
addition to bulk electrolytic capacitance of 10µF to 47µF
often found on driver and controller bias circui ts.
A typical criterion for choosing the value of CBYP is to
keep the ripple v oltage on the V DD supply ≤5%. Often this
is achieved w ith a value ≥ 20 times the equivalent load
capacitance CEQV, defined here as Qgate/VDD. Ceramic
capac itors of 0.1µF to 1 µF or l arger are common choices,
as are dielectrics, such as X5R and X7R, w hich have
good temperature characteristics and high pulse current
capability.
If c irc uit nois e af f ects normal operation, the value of CBYP
may be inc reas ed to 50-100 times the CEQV, or CBYP may
be split into tw o capacitors. One should be a l arger value,
based on equivalent load capacitance, and the other a
smaller value, such as 1-10 nF, mounted closest to the
VDD and GND pins to carry the higher-frequency
components of the current pulses.