Integrated Schottky diodes in BCD5 technology for high frequency soft switched power converters

Author

Dallago, E. ; Sassone, G. ; Delbò, S. ; Gola, A. ; Novarini, E.

Author_Institution

Power Electron. Lab., Pavia Univ., Italy

Volume

3

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

1583

Abstract

In this paper, the development of integrated Schottky diodes in the BCD5 technology is described. The structure adopted is analyzed and model equations are carried out to evaluate diode characteristics. The diodes were applied to the integration of a zero voltage transition (ZVT) bridge power converter switched at high frequency for voice coil motor driving, where fast and recovery-free diodes are required to implement the auxiliary branches. The experimental results validating diode behaviour are reported

Keywords

BIMOS integrated circuits; Schottky diodes; power convertors; switching circuits; BCD5 technology; ZVT bridge power converter; auxiliary branches implementation; diode behaviour validation; diode characteristics evaluation; high frequency soft switched power converters; high frequency switching; integrated Schottky diodes; recovery-free diodes; voice coil motor driving; zero voltage transition; Bridge circuits; CMOS process; Coils; Equations; Frequency conversion; Inductors; Resonance; Schottky diodes; Switching converters; Zero voltage switching;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Electronics Specialists Conference, 2000. PESC 00. 2000 IEEE 31st Annual

Conference_Location

Galway

ISSN

0275-9306

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5692-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PESC.2000.880541

Filename

880541