TIDUF86A January   2025  – July 2025

 

  1.   1
  2.   Description
  3.   Resources
  4.   Features
  5.   Applications
  6.   6
  7. 1System Description
    1. 1.1 Key System Specifications
  8. 2System Overview
    1. 2.1 Block Diagram
    2. 2.2 System Overview
    3. 2.3 Highlighted Products
      1. 2.3.1 LMG3100
      2. 2.3.2 LMR38010
      3. 2.3.3 TMP61
      4. 2.3.4 TPS7B81
      5. 2.3.5 OPA4323
  9. 3System Design Theory
    1. 3.1 Power Stage Design: Three-Phase Inverter
    2. 3.2 LMG3100 GaN-FET Power Stage
    3. 3.3 Power Management
    4. 3.4 Current-Sensing Circuit
    5. 3.5 Overcurrent Protection Circuit
    6. 3.6 Phase Voltage and DC Input Voltage Sensing
    7. 3.7 Power-Stage PCB Temperature Monitor
    8. 3.8 Interface to Host MCU
  10. 4Hardware, Testing Requirements, and Test Results
    1. 4.1 Hardware Requirements
      1. 4.1.1 TIDA-010276 PCB Overview
      2. 4.1.2 TIDA-010276 Jumper Settings
    2. 4.2 Test Setup
    3. 4.3 Test Results
      1. 4.3.1 Power Management and System Power Up and Power Down
      2. 4.3.2 GaN Inverter Switch Node Voltage
      3. 4.3.3 Switch Node Voltage Transient Response
      4. 4.3.4 Impact of PWM Frequency to DC-Bus Voltage Ripple
      5. 4.3.5 Efficiency Measurements
      6. 4.3.6 Thermal Analysis
  11. 5Design and Documentation Support
    1. 5.1 Design Files
      1. 5.1.1 Schematics
      2. 5.1.2 BOM
    2. 5.2 Tools and Software
    3. 5.3 Documentation Support
    4. 5.4 Support Resources
    5. 5.5 Trademarks
  12. 6About the Author
  13. 7Revision History

Features

  • 6.50mm × 4.0mm LMG3100R017 GaN FET with integrated driver enables high power density and easy PCB layout
  • High efficiency (> 99% peak) at 20kHz PWM enables operation at 25°C ambient up to 50A peak current without heat sink, 98.5% efficiency at 80kHz PWM in 50A peak current
  • LMG3100R017 enables operation at higher PWM frequencies to help reduce DC-bus capacitor size and height by replacing electrolytic with ceramic capacitors
  • Zero reverse recovery losses reduce switch node oscillations
  • Low dead time of minimizes phase voltage distortions
  • Supports high-speed motor control with high PWM frequency
  • Uses low-side current sampling, and adds phase voltage sampling to support verification of sensorless field-oriented control (FOC) or sensorless trapezoidal control