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Würth Elektronik Watts Up Podcast


Sep 2, 2021

Ringing is a common term that refers to the undesired oscillation which happens when a power semiconductor switch turns on or off in the presence of parassitic inductance and capacitance. In this podcast, learn how ferrite beads placed in series with the bootstrap pin of buck regulators can make excellent ringing control components, and when applied properly they can be used to treat the source of the high frequency noise without taking up too much PCB area.

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Typical ferrite bead placement in synchronous buck converters

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Gate resistors slow rise and fall, whereas boot resistors only slow the rising edge

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Proper, low-noise voltage measurement. Yellow is the input voltage, pink is the output voltage, and blue is the switching node

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Calculation for the average bootstrap current for a high side power MOSFET

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Ringing of the DC501A without any slew rate control. VIN = 48V, VO = 12V, IO = 6,0A Ch.1 = VIN AC coupled, Ch.2 = Switching node, Ch.3 = VO AC coupled

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Ringing of the DC501A with R2 = 16,2 Ω, thick-film. VIN = 48V, VO = 12V, IO = 6,0A Ch.1 = VIN AC coupled, Ch.2 = Switching node, Ch.3 = VO AC coupled

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Ringing of the DC501A with R2 = 0603, 2200 Ω ferrite 742792693. VIN = 48V, VO = 12V, IO = 6,0A Ch.1 = VIN AC coupled, Ch.2 = Switching node, Ch.3 = VO AC coupled

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The 74279265 (Left) and 742792693 (Right)

Download the Application Note here.