Development Board
EPC9060/61
Quick Start Guide
Half-bridge with Gate Drive for EPC2030/31
Revision 2.0
Page 1: ...Development Board EPC9060 61 Quick Start Guide Half bridgewithGateDrive forEPC2030 31 Revision 2 0 ...
Page 2: ... Development Board VDD VIN PWM input OUT VSW Gatedrivesupply Padsforbuckoutputfilter Halfbridge withbypass Logicand dead time adjust Gatedrive regulator LM5113 gate driver DESCRIPTION These development boards are in a half bridge topology with onboard gate drives featuring the EPC2030 31 eGaN field effect transistors FETs The purpose of these development boards is to simplify the evaluation proces...
Page 3: ... on the gate drive supply make sure the supply is between 7V and 12V range 6 Turn on the bus voltage to the required value do not exceed the absolute maximum voltage on VOUT as indicated in the table be low a EPC9060 40V b EPC9061 60V 7 Turnonthecontroller PWMinputsourceandprobeswitching node to see switching operation 8 Once operational adjust the bus voltage and load PWM control within the opera...
Page 4: ... eGaN FETs Although the electrical performance surpasses that for traditional Silicon devices their relatively smaller size does magnify the thermal management requirements These development boards are intended for bench evaluation with low ambient temperature and convection cooling The addition of heat sinking and forced air cooling can significantly increase the current rating of these devices b...
Page 5: ...00V 11 2 R2 R15 Resistor 0 Ω 1 8 W Stackpole RMCF0603ZT0R00 12 1 R4 Resistor 47 Ω 1 1 10 W Stackpole RMFC0603FT47R0 13 1 R5 Resistor 75 Ω 1 1 10 W Stackpole RMCF0603FT75R0 14 4 R19 R20 R23 R24 Resistor 0 Ω 1 16 W Stackpole RMCF0402ZT0R00 15 2 TP1 TP2 Test Point Keystone Elect 5015 16 1 TP3 Connector 1 40th of Tyco 4 103185 0 17 1 U1 I C Logic Fairchild NC7SZ00L6X 18 1 U2 I C Gate Driver National L...
Page 6: ... J6 CON4 1 2 3 4 J5 CON4 C11 1µF 25V 1 TP2 Keystone 5015 1 TP1 Keystone 5015 R2 Zero R14 Optional R15 Zero R5 75 D2 SDM03U40 R4 47 D1 SDM03U40 PWM2 VCC OUT 1 NC 2 NC 3 GND 4 NC 5 NC 6 NC 7 IN 8 GND 9 U3 MCP1703 1 2 J2 CON2 1 2 J9 CON2 2 P1 Optional 2 P2 Optional GND A B Y VDD U4 NC7SZ08L6X C9 0 1µF 25V R19 Zero R20 Zero R23 Zero R24 Zero C22 C23 C21 U2 LM5113TM C19 0 1µF 25V C17 100pF C16 100pF D3...
Page 7: ...hisboardisnotdesignedforcompliancewiththeEuropeanUniondirectiveonelectromagneticcompatibilityoranyothersuchdirectivesorregulations Asboard buildsareattimessubjecttoproductavailability itispossiblethatboardsmaycontaincomponentsorassemblymaterialsthatarenotRoHScompliant EfficientPowerConversionCorpora tion EPC makesnoguaranteethatthepurchasedboardis100 RoHScompliant TheEvaluationboard orkit isfordem...
