Panasonic PGA26E07BA-SWEVB008 Manual

Panasonic PGA26E07BA-SWEVB008 Manual

Half bridge evaluation board

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PGA26E07BA-SWEVB008
Half Bridge Evaluation Board consisting:
1. PGA26E07BA 600V 70mΩ X-GaN Power Transistor
2. AN34092B Single channel X-GaN Gate Driver IC
3. General Purpose Half Bridge Isolator
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As of March, 2017
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PGA26E07BA-SWEVB008 Ver. 1.2
Panasonic Industrial Devices
Sales Company of America
Panasonic Semiconductor Solutions Co. Ltd.
Two Riverfront Plaza, 7th Floor
1 Kotari-yakemachi, Nagaokakyo, Kyoto 617-8520, Japan
Newark, NJ, 07102, United States
http://www.semicon.panasonic.co.jp/en/
800-344-2112
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Panasonic
Semiconductor Solutions Co., Ltd.
1 Kotari-yakemachi, Nagaokakyo,
Kyoto 617-8520, Japan
Tel. +81-75-951-8151
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  • Page 1 Semiconductor Solutions Co., Ltd. the document are subject to change without notice for modification The products and product specifications described in the Panasonic Semiconductor Solutions Co. Ltd. and/or improvement. At the final stage of your design, purchasing, Two Riverfront Plaza, 7th Floor...
  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Measurement Procedures ..........................15 Low Side dV/dT test ............................18 High Side dV/dT test ............................20 Low Side Switching Loss test ........................... 22 Efficiency test ..............................24 Thermal Profile ..............................25 Thermal Cooling ............................... 26 Important Notice ............................. 27 PGA26E07BA-SWEVB008 Ver. 1.2...
  • Page 3: Features

    █ Supports high switching frequency (~4MHz) █ Achieved safe operation by negative voltage Propagation Delay 30ns source and active miller clamp █ Facilitate gate drive design with high precision gate current source Figure 1A: PGA26E07BA-SWEVB008 Board Photo PGA26E07BA-SWEVB008 Ver. 1.2...
  • Page 4: Description Of The Evaluation Board

    PGA26E07BA-SWEVB008 Figure 1A is a complete Half bridge power circuit featuring Panasonic High Efficiency 600V 70mΩ X-GaN transistor in 8X8 SMD package and Panasonic own X-GaN driver AN34092B. The SWEVB008 provides the flexibility to be configured easily to Buck, Boost, Half bridge and Full bridge power circuit topology.
  • Page 5: Recommended Operating Conditions

    External clock frequency (Duty Cycle) 50kHz-200kHz (20%-80%) (pulse generator input) Continuous Pulse Tests External inductor 100uH-360uH @ DC Current>18A Room Temperature 25ºC ①②③ Power supply equipment number as illustrated in page 18, 20 and 22 * Using attached heatsink PGA26E07BA-SWEVB008 Ver. 1.2...
  • Page 6: Schematic Diagram

    Schematic Diagram Refer to Figure 2 and 3 below for the circuit schematic of the evaluation board. * Not populated Figure 2: SWEVB008 Schematic PGA26E07BA-SWEVB008 Ver. 1.2...
  • Page 7: Schematic Diagram Of Optional Parts

    - Schematic Diagram of optional parts Figure 3: Schematic for optional isolated DCDC power supply and Optoisolator PGA26E07BA-SWEVB008 Ver. 1.2...
  • Page 8: Bill Of Materials

    Murata SMD1608 CA9,CB9 100pF/50V GRM0335C1H101GA01D SMD1608 CA10,CB10 N.M. Murata SMD3216 CA11,CB11 10uF/25V GRM32DR71E106KA12L Murata SMD1608 CA12,CB12 47pF/50V GRM0335C1H470JA01D Murata SMD3225 CA14,CB14 22uF/25V GRM32ER71E226KE15L **RA6 and RB6 are bleeder resistors but a 0.1uF/50V decoupling cap is mounted instead PGA26E07BA-SWEVB008 Ver. 1.2...
  • Page 9 Parts Symbol Specification Part Number Manufacturer Package 51kΩ Panasonic SMD1608 ERJ-3GEYJ513V Chip Resistor 0Ω Panasonic SMD1608 ERJ-3GEY0R00V SMD1608 Chip Capacitor 100pF/50V GRM0335C1H101GA01D Murata Inverter Single inverter SN74LVC1G04 SOT-23 1 Input Half Isolator bridge Si8274GB SiLab SOIC-16 iso/driver PGA26E07BA-SWEVB008 Ver. 1.2...
  • Page 10: Pcb Layout

    PCB Layout PCB Specifications:  Double-sided  Size: 82mm × 122mm  Copper thickness: 70um  Board thickness: 1.6mm Figure 4: Top and Bottom PCB Layout PGA26E07BA-SWEVB008 Ver. 1.2...
  • Page 11: Test Circuits

    When the inductor L1 is connected between LX and VS, buck configuration is formed (also refer as high side test). Please note that the output connection of the dead time circuit is changed accordingly so the high side GaN transistor QB acts as active power switch in buck mode. PGA26E07BA-SWEVB008 Ver. 1.2...
  • Page 12: Switching Loss Test Circuit

    R1. XOR1 and XOR4 logic gate produce compliment of the input signal. XOR2 and XOR3 logic gate output the signals with the delay time. The delay times can be set by adjusting the passive components R2 and R3. PGA26E07BA-SWEVB008 Ver. 1.2...
  • Page 13: Efficiency Test Circuit

    Figure 9 Circuit for efficiency test with high side circuit powered by bootstrap diode circuit. Figure 10 Circuit for efficiency test with high side circuit powered by isolated DCDC. PGA26E07BA-SWEVB008 Ver. 1.2...
  • Page 14: Equipment

    5 Power meter 3 channel power meter Yokogawa WT500 6 Electronic Load 450V/4.5kW Chroma 63804 7 Oscilloscope Tektronix DPO7104C TCP0030 Current Probe (IL) P6139B Voltage Probe ( 8 Probe P5205A Differential Voltage Probe ( BNC to SMA Cable ( PGA26E07BA-SWEVB008 Ver. 1.2...
  • Page 15: Measurement Procedures

    Observation of waveform will be easier if the trigger is applied at the rising / falling edge of V or V shown on Figure 13 above.  If different inductor value is used other than the suggested, please set the pulse width until the desired IL value is achieved. PGA26E07BA-SWEVB008 Ver. 1.2...
  • Page 16 Turn On 400V 360V T-on T-off Figure 14: Measurement points for Low side device dV/dT measurement during High side device (QB) testing Turn On Turn Off 400V 360V T-on T-off Figure 15: Measurement points for High side device PGA26E07BA-SWEVB008 Ver. 1.2...
  • Page 17 Set the DC power ① slowly to 0V and then follow by the DC power ② and ③ to 0V. Turn off the power. Check the V waveform and ensure that the capacitor between VPN and VS terminals has fully discharged. There is risk of electric shock due to the residual charge. PGA26E07BA-SWEVB008 Ver. 1.2...
  • Page 18: Low Side Dv/Dt Test

    N5752A DC POWER ① DC power ②③ AUXH+ AUXH- 320uH Dead Time Inductor Circuit IN_L AUXL- AUXL+ 33250A SMA to probe Adapter Figure 17: Connection for Low Side GaN testing Figure 18: Evaluation Schematic for Low side GaN test PGA26E07BA-SWEVB008 Ver. 1.2...
  • Page 19 AUXH AUXL Important Note: The data presented is meant to demonstrate the high switching capability of Panasonic X-GaN. The dV/dT data is for reference use only and measured data maybe different depending on evaluation environment. Low side device (QA) dV/dt Measurement Data...
  • Page 20: High Side Dv/Dt Test

    Figure 23 shows all the necessary connections for High Side GaN device (QB) dV/dT testing. Figure 24 shows the evaluation test circuit. Please refer to pages 15-16 for evaluation procedures. Figure 23: Connection for High side GaN test Figure 24: Evaluation schematic for High side GaN test PGA26E07BA-SWEVB008 Ver. 1.2...
  • Page 21 AUXH AUXL Important Note: The data presented is meant to demonstrate the high switching capability of Panasonic X-GaN. The dV/dT data is for reference use only and measured data maybe different depending on evaluation environment. High side device (QB) dV/dt Measurement Data...
  • Page 22: Low Side Switching Loss Test

    Figure 30 shows all the necessary connections for Low Side GaN device (QA) Switching Loss testing. Figure 29 shows the evaluation test circuit. Please refer to page 17 for details and evaluation procedures. Figure 29: Connection for Low side switching loss test Figure 30: Test Circuit for Low side GaN switching lost test PGA26E07BA-SWEVB008 Ver. 1.2...
  • Page 23 AUXH AUXL Important Note: The data presented is meant to demonstrate the low switching loss feature of Panasonic X-GaN. The loss data is for reference use only and measured data maybe different depending on evaluation environment. Low side device (QA) Switching loss Measurement Data...
  • Page 24: Efficiency Test

    Efficiency test To test the efficiency of Panasonic GaN-Tr in hard switching operation, SWEVB008 board is connected in synchronous boost configuration. The input frequency for this test is 50kHz, 100kHz and 200kHz. Figure 35: Evaluation schematic for Boost DCDC Efficiency Evaluation Test Conditions: =12V, RA1,RB1=15Ω, RA2,RB2=0Ω, RA3,RB3=1Ω, CA3,CB3=2.2nF...
  • Page 25: Thermal Profile

    The thermal profile is captured during DCDC Synchronous boost test with the following test conditions: =12V AUXH AUXL Vin = 200V Vout = 390V@800W Frequency 100kHz, Duty=50% Dead Time: 100ns Cooling Method: Natural convection Ta = 25°C Figure 37: Thermal Profile of SWEVB008 in DCDC boost at 800W output power PGA26E07BA-SWEVB008 Ver. 1.2...
  • Page 26: Thermal Cooling

    Flammability Rating: UL 94V0 Material: Silicon with Boron Nitride filler Thermal conductivity: 3.0 W/mK Breakdown voltage : > 5,000 Vac Operating temperature: -40 → 160°C Heat Sink: Standard Quarter Brick Wakefield 537-45AB Figure 38: Mounted Heatsink information and picture PGA26E07BA-SWEVB008 Ver. 1.2...
  • Page 27: Important Notice

     The user assumes all responsibility and liability for proper and safe handling of this evaluation board. Further, the user indemnifies Panasonic from all claims arising from the handling or use of the evaluation boards.  The technical information described in this document is intended only to show the main characteristics and application circuit examples of the products.
  • Page 28 PGA26E07BA-SWEVB008 Ver. 1.2...

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