Electronic Design

Protecting MOSFETs Against Overcurrent Events

For the PDF version of this article, click here. Protecting power transistors against overcurrent failure has always been a challenging issue in power circuit design. In order to protect against even ...
Electronic Design

SiC MOSFETs: Challenges in Transportation Electrification

Wide-bandgap (WBG) technologies, such as gallium-nitride (GaN) devices and silicon-carbide (SiC) MOSFETs, have recently made their way to electrified powertrain (e-powertrain) applications. These ...
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How to select the right gate driver for your SiC MOSFET

Silicon-carbide (SiC) MOSFETs have made significant inroads in the power semiconductor industry thanks to a range of benefits over silicon-based switches. These include faster switching, higher ...
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Single-Channel SiC MOSFET and IGBT Gate Driver with Advanced Active Clamping and Reinforced Isolation for Automotive Applications

SIC1181KQ and SIC1182KQ are single-channel gate drivers for SiC MOSFETs. Reinforced galvanic isolation is provided by Power Integrations’ revolutionary solid insulator FluxLink technology. Up to ±8-A ...