RDHP-1608 Power Integrations

Reference Design RDHP-1608 General Purpose Base Board for SCALE-iDriver SID1182K Application General purpose drives, UPS, solar power and others Suitable for IGBT power modules in various housings Up to 800V DC-link voltage Specification Electrical interfaces Interlock Short-circuit detection with Advanced Soft Shut Down Author High-Power Application Engineering Department Document Number RDHP-1608 1 Revision A.1 1 The letter refers to the hardware revision. The number refers to the documentation revision. www.power.com/igbt-driver Page 1 Reference Design RDHP-1608 Scope This application proposal provides a circuit design for a general purpose base board for driving various IGBT power modules. The main features of the design are: Suitable for IGBT power modules in various housings such as 17mm dual, 17mm six-pack, 62mm, PrimePACK, etc. with a maximum blocking voltage of 1200V Short-circuit detection with Advanced Soft Shut Down (ASSD) Electrical command inputs and status outputs 0V/5V command input logic 0V/5V status output logic Minimum pulse suppression Interlock of command inputs 5V supply voltage Single PCB solution with soldered-in gate driver IC Intellectual Property Licensing The design proposal, products and applications illustrated herein (including transformer construction and circuits external to the products) may be covered by one or more U.S. and foreign patents, or potentially by pending U.S. and foreign patent applications assigned to Power Integrations. A complete list of Power Integrations patents may be found at