SNOSCY4E March   2015  – October 2018 LMG5200

PRODUCTION DATA.  

  1. Features
  2. Applications
  3. Description
    1.     Device Images
      1.      Simplified Block Diagram
  4. Revision History
  5. Pin Configuration and Functions
    1.     Pin Functions
  6. Specifications
    1. 6.1 Absolute Maximum Ratings
    2. 6.2 ESD Ratings
    3. 6.3 Recommended Operating Conditions
    4. 6.4 Thermal Information
    5. 6.5 Electrical Characteristics
    6. 6.6 Typical Characteristics
  7. Parameter Measurement Information
    1. 7.1 Propagation Delay and Mismatch Measurement
  8. Detailed Description
    1. 8.1 Overview
    2. 8.2 Functional Block Diagram
    3. 8.3 Feature Description
      1. 8.3.1 Control Inputs
      2. 8.3.2 Start-up and UVLO
      3. 8.3.3 Bootstrap Supply Voltage Clamping
      4. 8.3.4 Level Shift
    4. 8.4 Device Functional Modes
  9. Application and Implementation
    1. 9.1 Application Information
    2. 9.2 Typical Application
      1. 9.2.1 Design Requirements
      2. 9.2.2 Detailed Design Procedure
        1. 9.2.2.1 VCC Bypass Capacitor
        2. 9.2.2.2 Bootstrap Capacitor
        3. 9.2.2.3 Power Dissipation
      3. 9.2.3 Application Curves
  10. 10Power Supply Recommendations
  11. 11Layout
    1. 11.1 Layout Guidelines
    2. 11.2 Layout Examples
  12. 12Device and Documentation Support
    1. 12.1 Device Support
      1. 12.1.1 Development Support
    2. 12.2 Documentation Support
      1. 12.2.1 Related Documentation
    3. 12.3 Receiving Notification of Documentation Updates
    4. 12.4 Community Resources
    5. 12.5 Trademarks
    6. 12.6 Electrostatic Discharge Caution
    7. 12.7 Glossary
  13. 13Mechanical, Packaging, and Orderable Information
    1. 13.1 Package Information

Feature Description

The LMG5200 device brings ease of designing high power density boards without the need for underfill while maintaining creepage and clearance requirements. The propagation delays between the high-side gate driver and low-side gate driver are matched to allow very tight control of dead time. Controlling the dead time is critical in GaN-based applications to maintain high efficiency. HI and LI can be independently controlled to minimize the third quadrant conduction of the low-side FET for hard switched buck converters. A very small propagation mismatch between the HI and LI to the drivers for both the falling and rising thresholds ensures dead times of < 10 ns. Co-packaging the GaN FET half-bridge with the driver ensures minimized common source inductance. This minimized inductance has a significant performance impact on hard-switched topologies.

The built-in bootstrap circuit with clamp prevents the high-side gate drive from exceeding the GaN FETs maximum gate-to-source voltage (Vgs) without any additional external circuitry. The built-in driver has an undervoltage lockout (UVLO) on the VDD and bootstrap (HB-HS) rails. When the voltage is below the UVLO threshold voltage, the device ignores both the HI and LI signals to prevent the GaN FETs from being partially turned on. Below UVLO, if there is sufficient voltage (VVCC > 2.5 V), the driver actively pulls the high-side and low-side gate driver output low. The UVLO threshold hysteresis of 200 mV prevents chattering and unwanted turnon due to voltage spikes. Use an external VCC bypass capacitor with a value of 0.1 µF or higher. TI recommends a size of 0402 to minimize trace length to the pin. Place the bypass and bootstrap capacitors as close as possible to the device to minimize parasitic inductance.