JAJU812 March 2021
Figure 2-4 shows the configuration having SSR-1 and SSR-2 MOSFETs using a common ground for the gate drive at secondary of the isolator. Assume that SS-1 is turned on and SSR-2 is kept off. When the SSR-1 is turned on, the common ground at the gate drive causes circulating current through the common ground and the anti-parallel diode of the low-side MOSFET of SSR-2 during the negative half cycle of 24-V AC power supply. The unintentional half wave current flows through load (ILOAD2) connected through SSR-2 (despite being turned OFF), will turn on the SSR-2 load relay in the negative half cycle of input 24-V AC supply. Figure 2-4 shows the unintentional half wave rectified current waveform.