Add Fail-Safe Shoot-Through Protection To Power MOSFET

Focus:

Anti-shoot-through protection circuit embedded in a half H-bridge topology protects the MOSFET H-bridge during normal operation and guarantees fail-safe operation in the event of severe noise interference or a faulty control routine

What you’ll learn:

• How to implement robust shoot-through protection for power MOSFETs

Notes:

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Author & Publication:

Dongjie Cheng, analog and mixed-signal IC design engineer, Dennis Hahn, analog and mixed-signal design engineer, Degang Xia, analog and mixed-signal design engineer, Texas Instruments Inc., Dallas, Texas, Electronic Design, Mar 13 2008

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