SNOSDH4A June 2024 – December 2024 TPS7H6005-SEP , TPS7H6015-SEP , TPS7H6025-SEP
PRODMIX
Refer to the PDF data sheet for device specific package drawings
The external bootstrap capacitor that is required for the driver is connected between BOOT and ASW. The bootstrap capacitor voltage serves as the input to the high-side linear regulator BP5H that provides the gate drive voltage for the high-side GaN FET. A general guideline for bootstrap capacitor selection is that its value should be at least 10× greater than the gate capacitance of the high-side GaN FET that is being driven:
where:
A more detailed calculation of the minimum bootstrap capacitance needed can be found using Equation 2:
and ∆VBOOT is the maximum allowable drop on BOOT for proper operation:
Using a sufficiently sized capacitor, low frequency motor driver applications can be supported using the TPS7H60x5 devices. Selection of a bootstrap capacitor with low ESR and ESL is recommended. The voltage rating of the bootstrap capacitor should have sufficient margin above the maximum expected bootstrap voltage.