Table of contents
Table of contents ............................................................................................................................ 2
Important Notice ............................................................................................................................ 4
1 System Description ................................................................................................................ 5
1.1 Design Specifications .............................................................................................................................. 5
1.2 Overview .................................................................................................................................................. 6
1.3 Highlighted Products .............................................................................................................................. 7
1.3.1 OptiMOS-6TM 40 V sTOLL(HSOF-5) MOSFET ....................................................................................... 7
1.3.2 3-Phase Bridge Driver IC with Integrated Arm® Cortex®-M3 ............................................................. 7
2 Getting Started ...................................................................................................................... 8
2.1 Toolchain Installation ............................................................................................................................. 8
2.1.1 Configuration ..................................................................................................................................... 8
3 System Design ....................................................................................................................... 9
3.1 Electrical Design and Components ......................................................................................................... 9
3.1.1 DC-link Electrolytic Capacitor ............................................................................................................ 9
3.1.2 Shunt Resistor .................................................................................................................................... 9
3.1.3 Snubber .............................................................................................................................................. 9
3.1.4 3-terminal Filter Capacitor................................................................................................................. 9
3.1.5 Clearance and Creepage .................................................................................................................... 9
3.2 Thermo-mechanical Design and Components ...................................................................................... 9
3.2.1 Layout Pattern Width ......................................................................................................................... 9
3.2.2 PCB Bottom-side ................................................................................................................................ 9
3.2.3 Thermal pad Selection ....................................................................................................................... 9
3.2.4 Bolting Torque.................................................................................................................................... 9
3.2.5 Mounting Hole .................................................................................................................................... 9
3.2.6 Heatsink .............................................................................................................................................. 9
3.2.6.1 Heatsink Selection ........................................................................................................................ 9
3.2.6.2 Machining of the Heatsink ............................................................................................................ 9
4 System Performance ............................................................................................................. 10
4.1 Motor-Generator Test Setup ................................................................................................................. 10
4.1.1 Drive-motor Setup............................................................................................................................ 10
4.1.2 Generator Setup ............................................................................................................................... 10
4.1.3 Gate-drive Setup .............................................................................................................................. 10
4.2 Electrical Test Result ............................................................................................................................. 10
4.2.1 Switching Characteristics ................................................................................................................ 10
4.3 Thermal Behavior .................................................................................................................................. 10
4.3.1 Controlled air flow ........................................................................................................................... 10
4.3.2 Thermal Image ................................................................................................................................. 10
4.3.3 Temperature Profile ......................................................................................................................... 10
4.3.4 Measured R
th(ca)
vs. air flow ............................................................................................................... 10
4.4 EMC performance .................................................................................................................................. 10
4.4.1 Measurement Setup ......................................................................................................................... 10
4.4.2 Conducted Emission with Motor Off-State ..................................................................................... 10
4.4.3 Conducted Emission with Motor On-State ...................................................................................... 10
5 Project Collaterals ................................................................................................................. 11
5.1 Schematics ............................................................................................................................................ 11
5.2 Bill of Material ........................................................................................................................................ 11