EVSTDRIVEG600DG, Demonstration Board, STDRIVEG600, Half Bridge GaN Gate Driver

Demonstration board for STDRIVEG600 600V high-speed half-bridge gate driver with enhanced mode GaN HEMTs. The STDRIVEG600 is a high-speed half-bridge gate driver optimized to drive high-voltage enhanced mode GaN HEMTs. It features an integrated bootstrap diode and allows supplying external switches up to 20 V, with undervoltage protection tailored for GaN HEMTs. The EVSTDRIVEG600DG board is easy to use and quick and adapt for evaluating the characteristics of STDRIVEG600 driving 650 V e-Mode GaN switches. It provides an on-board programmable dead time generator and a 3.3 V linear voltage regulator to supply external logic controllers like microcontrollers. Spare footprints are also included to allow customizing the board for the final application, such as separate input signal or single PWM signal, use of optional external bootstrap diode, separate supply for VCC, PVCC or BOOT and the use of low-side shunt resistor for peak current mode topologies.

• Half-bridge topology featuring 600V STDRIVEG600 gate driver
• Equipped with 150mohm 650V HEMT GaN
• GaN in 5x6mm PowerFLAT package with Kelvin source
• HV bus up to 500V
• 4.75 to 6.5V VCC gate driver supply voltage, limited by GaN VGS rating
• On-board adjustable dead time generator
• Separated inputs with external dead time can also be used
• On-board 3.3V regulator for external circuitry supply
• 25°C/W junction-to-ambient thermal resistance to evaluate large power topologies
• High frequency connector for gate GaN power transistor monitoring