SNOSDG7A May 2025 – March 2026 TPS7H6101-SEP
PRODUCTION DATA
When operating in PWM mode, resistors to GND are required on both DLH and DHL to program the dead time. The DHL resistor sets the dead time between high-side gate (VHSG) turn-off to low-side gate (VLSG) output turn-on. Likewise, the resistor on DLH sets the dead-time between low-side gate (VLSG) turn-off to high-side (VHSG) turn-on. 57.6kΩ is recommended for RDHL and 35.7kΩ is recommended for RDLH. However, selection of different dead time setting resistors is possible to configure different deadtimes The resistor can be used to set the dead time from a minimum value of roughly 0.8ns up to 100ns. The resistor must be populated on both pins to operate the device in this mode. Refer to Figure 7-7 diagram. Alternate RDHL values can be configured, but additional testing and analysis is required to verify proper switching behavior.
The dead time values selected are critical as these directly impact the losses that occur in the converter during these periods. The dead time is carefully chosen to avoid cross-conduction between the high-side FET and low-side FET, while also minimizing the third-quadrant conduction time for the GaN FETs. TDLH and TDHL have been selected to minimize third-quadrant time and avoid cross-conduction events.
Equation 8 and Equation 9 can be used to obtain typical deadtime resistor values with the nearest E192 resistor value selected below.
RDHL:
A value of 57.6kΩ is selected for RDHL.
RDLH:
A resistor value of 35.7kΩ is used for RDLH.