Infineon-AN2020-39 REF 62W FLY 1700V SIC-ApplicationNotes-v01 00-EN
Infineon-AN2020-39 REF 62W FLY 1700V SIC-ApplicationNotes-v01 00-EN
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Design engineers designing auxiliary power supply designs in three-phase converters and with Infineon
CoolSiC™ MOSFET.
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62.5W auxiliary power supply for three-phase power converter
Using the 1700 V CoolSiC™ MOSFET
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Table of Contents
About this document ....................................................................................................................... 1
Important Notice ............................................................................................................................ 1
Table of Contents ........................................................................................................................... 2
1 Safety precautions ................................................................................................................. 3
2 Introduction .......................................................................................................................... 4
3 Board overview ...................................................................................................................... 5
3.1 Board features ......................................................................................................................................... 5
3.2 1700 V CoolSiC™ MOSFET overview ........................................................................................................ 5
3.3 External gate resistor selection guide .................................................................................................... 6
4 Reference board specifications and descriptions ....................................................................... 8
4.1 Board pictures ......................................................................................................................................... 8
4.2 The technical specification of board ...................................................................................................... 9
4.3 Schematic .............................................................................................................................................. 10
4.4 PCB layout ............................................................................................................................................. 11
4.5 Bill of material ....................................................................................................................................... 13
4.6 Transformer construction ..................................................................................................................... 15
5 Test results........................................................................................................................... 17
5.1 Efficiency result ..................................................................................................................................... 17
5.2 Waveforms ............................................................................................................................................. 18
5.3 Thermal performance ........................................................................................................................... 19
6 References ........................................................................................................................... 22
Revision History ............................................................................................................................ 22
1 Safety precautions
Table 1 Safety Precautions
Warning: The DC link potential of this board is up to 1000VDC. When measuring
voltage waveforms by oscilloscope, high voltage differential probes must be used.
Failure to do so may result in personal injury or death.
Caution: Only personnel familiar with the drive, power electronics and associated
machinery should plan, install, commission and subsequently service the system.
Failure to comply may result in personal injury and/or equipment damage.
Warning: The evaluation or reference board contains DC bus capacitors which take
time to discharge after removal of the main supply. Before working on the drive
system, wait five minutes for capacitors to discharge to safe voltage levels. Failure
to do so may result in personal injury or death. Darkened display LEDs are not an
indication that capacitors have discharged to safe voltage levels.
Warning: The evaluation or reference board is connected to the grid input during
testing. Hence, high-voltage differential probes must be used when measuring
voltage waveforms by oscilloscope. Failure to do so may result in personal injury or
death. Darkened display LEDs are not an indication that capacitors have discharged
to safe voltage levels.
Caution: The heat sink and IGBT module surfaces of the evaluation or reference
board may become hot during testing. Hence, necessary precautions are required
while handling the board. Failure to comply may cause injury.
Caution: The evaluation or reference board contains parts and assemblies sensitive
to electrostatic discharge (ESD). Electrostatic control precautions are required when
installing, testing, servicing or repairing the assembly. Component damage may
result if ESD control procedures are not followed. If you are not familiar with
electrostatic control procedures, refer to the applicable ESD protection handbooks
and guidelines.
Warning: Remove or disconnect power from the drive before you disconnect or
reconnect wires, or perform maintenance work. Wait five minutes after removing
power to discharge the bus capacitors. Do not attempt to service the drive until the
bus capacitors have discharged to zero. Failure to do so may result in personal injury
or death.
Caution: A drive that is incorrectly applied or installed can lead to component
damage or reduction in product lifetime. Wiring or application errors such as
undersizing the motor, supplying an incorrect or inadequate AC supply, or excessive
ambient temperatures may result in system malfunction.
Caution: The evaluation or reference board is shipped with packing materials that
need to be removed prior to installation. Failure to remove all packing materials
that are unnecessary for system installation may result in overheating or abnormal
operating conditions.
2 Introduction
The reference board “REF_62W_FLY_1700V_SiC” was developed to support customers designing auxiliary power
supplies for three-phase converters using the 1700 V CoolSiC™ MOSFET in a single-ended flyback topology.
The board has three outputs of +15 V, -15 V and +24 V with up to 62.5 W output power working in a wide input
voltage range from 200 VDC to 1000 VDC. Its potential applications are three-phase systems having a high input
voltage DC link.
This application note contains an overview of the reference board’s operation, product information and
technical details with measurement results. The board uses 1700 V CoolSiC™ MOSFET in a TO-263 7L surface-
mounted device (SMD) package as the main switch, which is well suited for high input voltage DC link, with single-
ended flyback topology. With low RDS(on), high efficiency and low device temperature rising can be achieved with
this board.
The controller works in quasi-resonant mode to help reduce EMI noise. This information’s can help customers
during their design-in phase, and for re-use of the reference design board for their own specific requirements.
3 Board overview
3.1 Board features
Key features of the reference board include:
Adjustable output over voltage protection
Overload/open loop protection
Current limit protection
Auto restart for over temperature protection
VCC overvoltage and under voltage protection
Shorted winding protection
The reference board uses the UCC28600 quasi-resonant flyback green-mode controller from Texas Instruments.
The controller operates in different operating modes depending upon the line and load conditions. The converter
is controlled using bursts of 40 kHz pulses at light load conditions and transitions to frequency fold-back mode
(FFM) up to 30% full rated power. At loads greater than 30% full rated power, it operates either in quasi-resonant
mode (QRM) or discontinuous conduction mode (DCM) clamped at a maximum switching frequency of 130 kHz.
The UCC28600 gate drive output stage has a 1-A sink (TrueDrive™ ) and 0.75-A source capability, and is clamped
to 13 V internally, so the SiC MOSFET can be driven directly, which simplifies the driver circuit design.
The gate resistor 𝑅𝐺𝐴𝑇𝐸 .limits the current, charging and discharging of the gate. this will influence the switching
speed of the power device. Besides this, there are also several other influences from the gate resistor for:
Limiting peak gate current to protect the driver output stage
Dissipating power in the gate loop
Electromagnetic interference
Preventing gate ringing
Avoiding parasitic turn-on by carefully selecting gate resistance
As we know, use of a larger gate resistance value could be a workaround, which would not only increase the
damping effect and suppress the ringing effect, but also limit peak gate current, and suppress electromagnetic
interference. However, designers should be aware that, increasing gate resistance will decrease converter
efficiency and lead higher temperature rising of MOSFET, so, designers should get balance on all sides.
As sketched in Figure 4, high 𝑑𝑉𝐷𝑆 /𝑑𝑡 across the MOSFET will generate a displacement current 𝐼𝐷𝐼𝑆 through the
Miller capacitor 𝐶𝐺𝐷 , and this displacement current will generate a voltage drop across the gate resistor raising
up the gate voltage. This can be calculated according to equations (1) and (2) below.
𝑑𝑉𝐶𝐸
𝐼𝐷𝐼𝑆= 𝐶𝐺𝐷× 𝑑𝑡
(1)
1- Input voltage
1
VDC connector
CN1
2- Output voltage
+/-15V
connector CN2
3- Output voltage
4 +24V
3
connector CN3
4- 1700V SiC
MOSFET
IMBF170R1K0
2 M1
4.3 Schematic
Figure 7 shows the schematic of the single-ended flyback converter for this reference board.
C3, C16, C23 Electrolytic capacitor, 220uF, 20%, 35V ERJ1VM221F16OT Aishi 3
C4, C5, C17, Ceramic capacitor, 10uF, X7R, 50V, C3216X7R1HK160A TDK 7
C19, C24, C25, CAP1206
C30
C6, C7, C15, Ceramic capacitor, 1uF, X7R, 50V, 885012207103 Wurth 6
C18, C26, C27 CAP0805
C8 Y1 capacitor, 2.2nF, 500VAC, DE1E3RB222MN4AR01F Murata 1
C9,C36 Ceramic capacitor, 100pF, X7R, 25V, 885012206053 Wurth 2
CAP0603
C10 Film Capacitor,100nF/1000V 890493425009CS Wurth 1
C11, C12 Ceramic capacitor, 220pF, X7R, 1kV, CC1206KKX7RCBB221 Yageo 2
CAP1206
C13, C14 Electrolytic capacitor, 1800uF, 20%, ERJ1EM182W25OT Aishi 2
25V
C20, C40, C41 NC 3
C28 Electrolytic capacitor, 47uF, 20%, 35V ERJ1VM470E09OT Aishi 1
C29 Ceramic capacitor, 100nF, X7R, 50V, 885012206095 Wurth 1
CAP0603
C32 Ceramic capacitor, 1nF, X7R, 25V, 885012206059 Wurth 1
CAP0603
C33 Ceramic capacitor, 33nF, X7R, 25V, 885012206068 Wurth 1
CAP0603
C34 Ceramic capacitor, 390pF, X7R, 25V, C0603C391K3RACTU Kemet 1
CAP0603
C35 Ceramic capacitor, 10nF, X7R, 25V, 885012206065 Wurth 1
CAP0603
CN1 Horizontal entry with rising cage clamp 691216610002 Wurth 1
WR-TBL, 2 pin
CN2 Horizontal entry modular with rising 691214110003S Wurth 1
cage clamp WR-TBL, 3 pin
Figures below depict the transformer setup and recommended land pattern.
5 Test results
To demonstrate the high performance of the reference board with 1700 V CoolSiC™ MOSFETs, efficiency was
measured accompanied with the switch voltage waveforms and thermal performance of the board.
Figure 15 Measured efficiency versus DC input voltage. Test conditions: PO = 62.5 W and RG = 47 ohms.
5.2 Waveforms
The next three figures show the drain-source voltage (VDS) and gate-source voltage (VGS) waveforms of the 1700V
CoolSiC™ MOSFET at different input voltage with full rated output load, and in these three waveforms, yellow
one is gate voltage VGS, purple one is drain-source voltage VDS.
Figure 16 Drain source and gate voltage at input voltage of 200 VDC
Figure 17 Drain source and gate voltage at input voltage of 800 VDC
Figure 18 Drain source and gate voltage at input voltage of 1000 VDC
Figure 19 Example of a stencil design for a PG-TO263-7 package with and without vias in pad.
The next three thermal images depict the thermal performance of the 1700 V CoolSiC™ MOSFET at different
input voltage with full rated output load and natural cooling at 25℃.
6 References
[1] IMBF170R1K0M1 datasheet, 1700 V CoolSiC™ MOSFET
[2] UCC28600 datasheet, 8-Pin Quasi-Resonant flyback Green-Mode Controller
[3] Gate resistor for power devices, Infineon Technologies, application note AN2015-06
[4] 62 W Auxiliary power supply for three-phase power converters using Infineon 1700 V silicon carbide
MOSFET, PCIM Europe 2020
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Revision History
Page or reference Revision Date Description of change
1.0 2020-03-12 Initial version