SLUSAQ3H November 2011 – June 2024 UCC27523 , UCC27525 , UCC27526
PRODUCTION DATA
The useful range of a driver is greatly affected by the drive power requirements of the load and the thermal characteristics of the device package. In order for a gate-driver device to be useful over a particular temperature range the package must allow for the efficient removal of the heat produced while keeping the junction temperature within rated limits. The UCC27523/5/6 family of drivers is available in four different packages to cover a range of application requirements. The thermal metrics for each of these packages are summarized in Section 6.4. For detailed information regarding the thermal information table, refer to Application Note from Texas Instruments entitled, IC Package Thermal Metrics (SPRA953).
Among the different package options available in the UCC2752x family, of particular mention are the DSD and DGN packages when it comes to power dissipation capability. The MSOP PowerPAD-8 (DGN) package and 3-mm × 3-mm WSON (DSD) package offer a means of removing the heat from the semiconductor junction through the bottom of the package. Both these packages offer an exposed thermal pad at the base of the package. This pad is soldered to the copper on the printed-circuit-board directly underneath the device package, reducing the thermal resistance to a very low value. This allows a significant improvement in heat-sinking over that available in the D packages. The printed-circuit-board must be designed with thermal lands and thermal vias to complete the heat removal subsystem. Note that the exposed pads in the MSOP-8 (PowerPAD) and WSON-8 packages are not directly connected to any leads of the package, however, it is electrically and thermally connected to the substrate of the device which is the ground of the device. TI recommends to externally connect the exposed pads to GND in PCB layout for better EMI immunity.