TIDUFA0A February   2025  – March 2025

 

  1.   1
  2.   Description
  3.   Resources
  4.   Features
  5.   Applications
  6.   6
  7. 1System Description
  8. 2System Overview
    1. 2.1 Block Diagram
    2. 2.2 Design Considerations
      1. 2.2.1 Switching Frequency
      2. 2.2.2 Design Size
      3. 2.2.3 Gate Resistors
      4. 2.2.4 Output Ripple
      5. 2.2.5 FET Placement
    3. 2.3 Highlighted Products
      1. 2.3.1 TPS7H5004-SP
      2. 2.3.2 TPS7H6023-SP
  9. 3Hardware, Testing Requirements, and Test Results
    1. 3.1 Hardware Requirements
    2. 3.2 Test Setup
    3. 3.3 Test Results
      1. 3.3.1 Efficiency Graphs
      2. 3.3.2 Bode Plot
      3. 3.3.3 Switching
      4. 3.3.4 Output Ripple
      5. 3.3.5 Gate Signals
      6. 3.3.6 Start-Up Sequence
      7. 3.3.7 Load Transient
      8. 3.3.8 Thermal Images
  10. 4Design and Documentation Support
    1. 4.1 Design Files
      1. 4.1.1 Schematics
      2. 4.1.2 BOM
    2. 4.2 Tools
    3. 4.3 Documentation Support
    4. 4.4 Support Resources
    5. 4.5 Trademarks
  11. 5About the Author
  12. 6Revision History

2.2.1 Switching Frequency

There are different tradeoffs between efficiency and bandwidth in regard to the switching frequency. Higher switching frequencies have larger bandwidths, but a lower efficiency than lower switching frequencies. Based on the requirements, the maximum switching frequency for the device is 381kHz. To make sure the maximum switching frequency of the device was not approached, the switching frequency of the device was set to 278kHz. The switching frequency is set with equations from the TPS7H5004-SP Radiation-Hardness-Assured 1.3A, 2.5A, Half Bridge GaN FET Gate Drivers data sheet. The switching frequency is 278kHz for each phase.