
IR2114/IR2214SSPbF
? Charge required by the internal level shifters
2 Sizing Tips
2.1 Bootstrap Supply
The V BS voltage provides the supply to the high side
driver circuitry of the gate driver. This supply sits on top
of the V S voltage and so it must be floating. The
bootstrap method is used to generate the V BS supply
and can be used with any of the IR211(4,41)/
IR221(4,41) drivers. The bootstrap supply is formed by
a diode and a capacitor as connected in Fig. 19.
( Q LS ); typical 20 nC,
? Bootstrap capacitor leakage current ( I LK_CAP ),
? High side on time ( T HON ).
I LK_CAP is only relevant when using an electrolytic
capacitor and can be ignored if other types of
capacitors are used. It is strongly recommend using at
least one low ESR ceramic capacitor (paralleling
electrolytic and low ESR ceramic may result in an
efficient solution).
bootstrap
resistor
R boot
bootstrap
diode
V F
DC+
Then we have:
Q TOT = Q G + Q LS + ( I LK _ GE + I QBS +
V CC
VCC
VB
HOP
HON
VS
V BS
bootstrap
capacitor
V GE
I LOAD
motor
+ I LK + I LK _ DIODE + I LK _ CAP + I DS ? ) ? T HON
The minimum size of bootstrap capacitor is:
SSDH
V CEon
V FP
C BOOT min =
Q TOT
? V BS
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Figure 19: Bootstrap Supply Schematic
An example follows using IR2214SS or IR22141SS:
a) using a 25 A @ 125 °C 1200 V IGBT
(IRGP30B120KD):
This method has the advantage of being simple and low
cost but may force some limitations on duty-cycle and
on-time since they are limited by the requirement to
refresh the charge in the bootstrap capacitor. Proper
capacitor choice can reduce drastically these
limitations.
2.2 Bootstrap Capacitor Sizing
To size the bootstrap capacitor, the first step is to
establish the minimum voltage drop ( ? V BS ) that we
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I QBS = 800 μA (datasheet IR2214);
I LK = 50 μA (see Static Electrical Characteristics);
Q LS = 20 nC
Q G = 160 nC (datasheet IRGP30B120KD);
I LK_GE = 100 nA (datasheet IRGP30B120KD);
I LK_DIODE = 100 μA (reverse recovery <100 ns);
I LK_CAP = 0 (neglected for ceramic capacitor);
I DS- = 150 μA (see Static Electrical Characteristics);
T HON = 100 μs.
have to guarantee when the high side IGBT is on.
And:
If V GEmin is the minimum gate emitter voltage we want
to maintain, the voltage drop must be:
? V BS ≤ V CC ? V F ? V GE min ? V CEon
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V CC = 15 V
V F = 1 V
V CEonmax = 3.1 V
V GEmin = 10.5 V
under the condition,
V GE min > V BSUV ?
where V CC is the IC voltage supply, V F is bootstrap
diode forward voltage, V CEon is emitter-collector voltage
of low side IGBT, and V BSUV- is the high-side supply
undervoltage negative going threshold.
the maximum voltage drop ? V BS becomes
? V BS ≤ V CC ? V F ? V GE min ? V CEon =
And the bootstrap capacitor is:
Now we must consider the
influencing
factors
contributing V BS to decrease:
? IGBT turn on required gate charge ( Q G ),
C BOOT ≥
290 nC
0 . 4 V
= 725 nF
? IGBT gate-source leakage current ( I LK_GE ),
? Floating section quiescent current ( I QBS ),
? Floating section leakage current ( I LK ),
? Bootstrap diode leakage current ( I LK_DIODE ),
? Desat diode bias when on ( I DS ),
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NOTICE: V CC has been chosen to be 15 V. Some
IGBTs may require a higher supply to work correctly
with the bootstrap technique. Also V CC variations
must be accounted in the above formulas.
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