MIC26950 MICREL, MIC26950 Datasheet - Page 15

• Manufacturer Part Number: MIC26950
• Description: 12A Hyper Speed Control Synchronous DC-DC Buck Regulator
• Manufacturer: MICREL

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MOSFET Gate Drive
The Block Diagram of Figure 1 shows a bootstrap circuit,
consisting of D1 (a Schottky diode is recommended) and
C
circuit. Capacitor C
MOSFET is on, and the voltage on the SW pin is
approximately 0V. When the high-side MOSFET driver is
turned on, energy from C
on. As the high-side MOSFET turns on, the voltage on
the SW pin increases to approximately V
reversed biased and C
keep the high-side MOSFET on. The bias current of the
high-side driver is less than 10mA so a 0.1μF to 1μF is
sufficient to hold the gate voltage with minimal droop for
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BST
. This circuit supplies energy to the high-side drive
BST
BST
is charged, while the low-side
BST
floats high while continuing to
is used to turn the MOSFET
IN
. Diode D1 is
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the power stroke (high-side switching) cycle, i.e. ΔBST =
10mA x 3.33μs/0.1μF = 333mV. When the low-side
MOSFET is turned back on, C
D1. A small resistor R
be used to slow down the turn-on time of the high-side
N-channel MOSFET.
The drive voltage is derived from the V
The nominal low-side gate drive voltage is V
nominal high-side gate drive voltage is approximately
V
D1. An approximate 30ns delay between the high-side
and low-side driver transitions is used to prevent current
from simultaneously flowing unimpeded through both
MOSFETs.
DD
– V
DIODE
, where V
G
, which is in series with C
DIODE
is the voltage drop across
BST
is recharged through
DD
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supply voltage.
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DD
BST
and the
, can