Power MOSFETs are popular in numerous high-frequency power converters applications extensively. With the high-frequency trend of power converters, the high-frequency switching loss and gate drive loss need to be minimized, which causes serious challenge on advanced high-speed gate driver technology since the gate drivers serve as a critical role between the control and power devices. This book focuses on the gate driver topic systematically providing the fundamental knowledge of high-frequency gate driver technologies.

Chapter Contents:

• 1.1 Introduction
• 1.2 Voltage regulator applications
• 1.3 Voltage source gate driver and high-frequency-dependent loss
• 1.3.1 Switching loss
• 1.3.2 Body diode conduction loss
• 1.3.3 Reverse recovery loss
• 1.3.4 Gate drive loss
• 1.4 Summary
• References

Inspec keywords: driver circuits; power convertors; power MOSFET

Other keywords: high frequency switching loss; high frequency trend; advanced high-speed gate driver technology; high frequency gate driver technologies; power devices; gate drive loss; high frequency power converters applications; power MOSFETs

Subjects: Insulated gate field effect transistors; Power semiconductor devices; Power electronics, supply and supervisory circuits