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TO-247-4L Half-Bridge Evaluation Board
User’s Guide
©
2019 ROHM Co., Ltd.
No. 61UG047E Rev.001
August.2019
Here, the L
TRACE
is the wiring inductance of the main circuit to the bulk (DC link) capacitor, I
MAIN
is the drain current during
MOSFET turn OFF, and f
SW
is the switching frequency of the MOSFET.
On the other hand, the Snubber circuit capacitance, C
SNB
is the energy stored in the inductance and can be calculated using the
equation below:
Here, HV
dc
is the high voltage input, and V
SURGE
is the maximum value of the surge voltage.
Finally, the R
SNB
is obtained by using the following equation:
This
maximizes the effect of absorbing the surge by discharging all the energy absorbed by CSNB during one cycle of the
MOSFET.
Figure 30. Snubber Circuit Effect (SCT3040LR)
𝐶
𝑆𝑁𝐵
=
𝐿
𝑇𝑅𝐴𝐶𝐸
× 𝐼
𝑀𝐴𝐼𝑁
2
(𝑉
𝑆𝑈𝑅𝐺𝐸
− 𝐻𝑉
𝑑𝑐
)
2
𝑅
𝑆𝑁𝐵
<
−1
𝐶
𝑆𝑁𝐵
× ln[(𝑉
𝑆𝑈𝑅𝐺𝐸
− 𝑉
𝑆𝑁𝐵
)/(𝑉
𝑆𝑈𝑅𝐺𝐸
)]
×
1
𝑓
𝑠𝑤
No Snubber
with Snubber
Turn-OFF surge
1135V
1022V
Vgs Negative surge
-3.90V
-1.99V
Rg=3.3Ω