2.1 STEVAL-ESC001V1 hardware overview
The
STEVAL-ESC001V1 power and control platform is based on the ST componentry illustrated below.
Figure 5. STEVAL-ESC001V1 block diagram
2.1.1 STEVAL-ESC001V1 top side components
The inverter section is formed by the L6398 gate driver and the
STL160N4F7 and the Power MOSFETs.
Figure 6. Top side features
L6398 high voltage high and low-side driver
The
L6398 is a high voltage device manufactured with the BCD™ “offline” technology. It is a single-chip half
bridge gate driver for the N-channel power MOSFET or IGBT.
The high-side (floating) section is designed to stand a voltage rail up to 600 V. The logic inputs are CMOS/TTL
compatible down to 3.3 V for the easy interfacing microcontroller/DSP.
Key features:
• High voltage rail up to 600 V
• dV/dt immunity ±50 V/ns in full temperature range
• Driver current capability:
– 290 mA source
– 430 mA sink
• Switching times 75/35 ns rise/fall with 1 nF load
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