Bootstrap driver
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The following equation is useful to compute the drop on the bootstrap DMOS:
Equation 2
Vdrop = Ich argeRdson Vdrop = T---Q-c---h-g--a-a--r-t-ge---e-Rdson
where Qgate is the gate charge of the external power MOSFET, RDS(on) is the on-resistance
of the bootstrap DMOS, and Tcharge is the charging time of the bootstrap capacitor.
For example: using a power MOSFET with a total gate charge of 30 nC, the drop on the
bootstrap DMOS is about 1 V, if the Tcharge is 5 s.
In fact:
Equation 3
Vdrop = -3--5-0----n--s-C--- 125 0.8V
Vdrop should be taken into account when the voltage drop on CBOOT is calculated: if this drop
is too high, or the circuit topology doesn’t allow a sufficient charging time, an external diode
can be used.
Figure 5. Bootstrap driver
DBOOT
VS
VBOOT
H.V.
HVG
VOUT
CBOOT
TO LOAD
LVG
a
VS
VBOOT
H.V.
HVG
VOUT
CBOOT
TO LOAD
LVG
b
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