SLUSAW0B March 2012 – December 2023 UCC28070A
PRODUCTION DATA
The UCC28070A must be operated from a VCC rail which is within the limits given in Recommended Operating Conditions. To avoid the possibility that the device might stop switching, VCC must not be allowed to fall into the UVLO range. Yet, to minimize power dissipation in the device, VCC must not be unnecessarily high. Keeping VCC at or near 12V is a good compromise between these competing constraints.
The gate drive outputs from the UCC28070A can deliver large current pulses into their loads. This indicates the need for a low ESR decoupling capacitor to be connected as directly as possible between the VCC and GND pins. TI recommends ceramic capacitors with a stable dielectric characteristic over temperature, such as X7R. Avoid capacitors which have a large drop in capacitance with applied DC voltage bias and use a part that has a low voltage co-efficient of capacitance. TI recommends a decoupling capacitance of 10μF, X7R, with at least a 25V rating. A capacitor of at least 0.1μF must be placed as close as possible between the VCC and GND pins.