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To explain further, power-switching devices turn on faster than they shut off. This issue would
momentarily provide a path from supply rail to ground, giving us a short circuit. The dead-band
sub-module alleviates this issue.
Dead-band control provides a convenient means of combating current shoot-through problems in
a power converter. Shoot-through occurs when both the upper and lower gates in the same phase
of a power converter are open simultaneously. This condition shorts the power supply and results
in a large current draw. Shoot-through problems occur because transistors open faster than they
close, and because high-side and low-side power converter gates are typically switched in a
complimentary fashion. Although the duration of the shoot-through current path is finite during
PWM cycling, (i.e. the closing gate will eventually shut), even brief periods of a short circuit
condition can produce excessive heating and over stress in the power converter and power supply.
ePWM Dead-Band Block Diagram
Rising
Edge
Delay
In Out
(10-bit
counter)
Falling
Edge
Delay
In Out
(10-bit
counter)
°
° °
0
1
°
° °
0
1
°
° °
0
1
°
° °
1
0
°
°
.
.
.
.
PWMxA
PWMxB
PWMxB
PWMxA
S1
S0
S2
S3
FED
RED
OUT-MODE
POLSEL
°
° °
0
1
°
° °
0
1
S4
S5
IN-MODE
HALFCYCLE
Two basic approaches exist for controlling shoot-through: modify the transistors, or modify the
PWM gate signals controlling the transistors. In the first case, the opening time of the transistor
gate must be increased so that it (slightly) exceeds the closing time. One way to accomplish this
is by adding a cluster of passive components such as resistors and diodes in series with the
transistor gate, as shown in the next figure.
Shoot-through control via power circuit modification
The resistor acts to limit the current rise rate towards the gate during transistor opening, thus
increasing the opening time. When closing the transistor however, current flows unimpeded from
PWM
signal
R
by-pass diode
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