Beijing Jiaotong University

Global Power Technology Co., Ltd.

Tiancong Shao

Bo Huang

Zhijun Li

Trillion Q Zheng

Junxing Wang

This invention introduces the negative feedback into the gate drive. It proposes a negative feedback active gate drive (NFAGD) for silicon carbide (SiC) and gallium nitride (GaN) semiconductor devices to fully utilize their potential of high switching-speed capability in a phase-leg configuration. An auxiliary P-channel MOSFET is introduced to construct a negative feedback control mechanism. Due to the negative feedback mechanism, the proposed drive can automatically attenuate the disturbance from the complementary device of the phase-leg. The negative feedback active gate drive (NFAGD) has a simple structure and easy to be realized using a push-pull drive circuit, a drive resistor, an auxiliary MOSFET and an auxiliary capacitor, without involving any additional logical circuits. Functionally, the negative feedback active gate drive (NFAGD) can automatically suppress the induced gate-source voltage and make the gate voltage of the MOSFET stable even during high-speed switching operation without sacrificing the switching speed of the MOSFET.

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