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News Release from: International Rectifier | Subject: IRS212x gate drivers
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 19 October 2007
Gate drivers suit motor control
applications
The IRS212x family of ICs provides a gate voltage up to 20V, a typical turn-on current of 290mA, a typical turn-off current of 600mA and accepts input logic levels of 3.3V, 5V and 15V.
International Rectifier has released 600V high-voltage integrated circuits (HVIC) This IRS212x family of 600V single-channel gate drivers is suitable for motor control applications at low, mid and high-voltage levels and in a variety of circuit topologies including three-phase inverter, H-bridge and other topologies using MOS-gated power devices
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 15 Feb 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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The IRS212x family of ICs provides a gate voltage up to 20V, a typical turn-on current of 290mA, a typical turn-off current of 600mA and accepts input logic levels of 3.3, 5 and 15V.
Integrated protection features include under-voltage lockout protection, over-current detection and protection and fault reporting.
The new ICs use a high-voltage IC process platform, known as G5 HVIC, which enables a host of new features and enhancements.
A high-voltage level shifting and termination technology delivers superior electrical over-stress protection and higher field reliability.
All G5 HVICs have passed extensive quality and reliability testing.
Long-term reliability testing was performed to validate robustness beyond the expected useful lifetime of products in certain application environments.
This qualification required the devices pass several stress conditions including a 2000-hour, high-temperature biased test.
Additionally, the devices benefit from improvements in reliability due to silicon technology and packaging enhancements.
The advanced packaging equipment and materials, for example, combined with recent advancements in mould-compound injection techniques, allow these devices to be less sensitive to moisture and provide improvements in the plastic-to-die interface, an important consideration as peak soldering temperatures have increased with the adoption of lead-free soldering materials.
The surface mount SO-8 packages are qualified to MSL2 (moisture sensitivity level 2) while all other surface mount packages are MSL3 qualified.
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