Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Gate driver with VGTH and VCESAT measurement capability for the state of health monitor
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Application No.: US15728230Application Date: 2017-10-09
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Publication No.: US10291225B2Publication Date: 2019-05-14
- Inventor: Xiong Li , Anant Kamath
- Applicant: Texas Instruments Incorporated
- Applicant Address: US TX Dallas
- Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
- Current Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Dallas
- Agent John R. Pessetto; Charles A. Brill; Frank D. Cimino
- Main IPC: H03K17/18
- IPC: H03K17/18 ; H03K17/567 ; G01R31/28

Abstract:
An isolated insulated gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) gate driver is provided which integrates circuits, in-module, to support the measurements of threshold voltage, and collector-emitter saturation voltage of IGBTs. The measured gate threshold and collector-emitter saturation voltage can be used as precursors for state of health predictions for IGBTs. During the measurements, IGBTs are biased under specific conditions chosen to quickly elicit collector-emitter saturation and gate threshold information. Integrated analog-to-digital converter (ADC) circuits are used to convert measured analog signals to a digital format. The digitalized signals are transferred to a micro controller unit (MCU) for further processing through serial peripheral interface (SPI) circuits.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180102773A1 Gate Driver with VGTH and VCESAT Measurement Capability for the State of Health Monitor Public/Granted day:2018-04-12
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