TIDUFD2A May   2025  – October 2026

 

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  2.   Description
  3.   Resources
  4.   Features
  5.   Applications
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  7. 1System Description
    1. 1.1 Terminology
    2. 1.2 Key System Specifications
  8. 2System Overview
    1. 2.1 Block Diagram
    2. 2.2 Design Considerations
      1. 2.2.1 Input Capacitors Selection
      2. 2.2.2 DC Side
      3. 2.2.3 AC Side
    3. 2.3 Highlighted Products
      1. 2.3.1 TMDSCNCD28P55X - controlCARD Evaluation Module
        1. 2.3.1.1 Hardware Features
        2. 2.3.1.2 Software Features
      2. 2.3.2 LMG2104R022
      3. 2.3.3 AMC3302
      4. 2.3.4 UCC21550A
      5. 2.3.5 TMCS1133 - Precision 1MHz Hall-Effect Current Sensor With Reinforced Isolation
      6. 2.3.6 INA185 - 26V, 350kHz, Bidirectional, High-Precision Current Sense Amplifier
      7. 2.3.7 LM5164 – 100V Input, 1A Synchronous Buck DC-DC Converter With Ultra-Low IQ
      8. 2.3.8 UCC34141-Q1
  9. 3System Design Theory
    1. 3.1 Isolation for Solar Inverters
    2. 3.2 Topology Overview
    3. 3.3 Control Theory
      1. 3.3.1 Single and Extended Phase Shift Modulation Technique
      2. 3.3.2 Zero Voltage Switching and Circulating Current
      3. 3.3.3 Optimized Control Method
      4. 3.3.4 Dead-Time Compensation
      5. 3.3.5 Frequency Modulation
      6. 3.3.6 Controller Block Diagram
    4. 3.4 MPPT and Input Voltage Ripple
  10. 4Hardware, Testing Requirements, and Test Results
    1. 4.1 Hardware Requirements
    2. 4.2 Software Requirements
    3. 4.3 Test Setup
      1. 4.3.1 Board Check
      2. 4.3.2 DC-DC Tests
      3. 4.3.3 DC-AC Tests
      4. 4.3.4 AC-DC Tests
      5. 4.3.5 DC-AC Offgrid Tests
    4. 4.4 Test Results
      1. 4.4.1 Efficiency and iTHD
      2. 4.4.2 Operating Waveforms for Various Loads
  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

2.3.4 UCC21550A

The UCC21550 is an isolated dual channel gate driver family with programmable dead time and wide temperature range. It is designed with 4A peak-source and 6A peak-sink current to drive power MOSFET, SiC, GaN, and IGBT transistors. The UCC21550 can be configured as two low-side drivers, two high-side drivers, or a half-bridge driver. The input side is isolated from the two output drivers by a 5kVRMS isolation barrier, with a minimum of 125V/ns common-mode transient immunity (CMTI). Protection features include: resistor programmable dead time, disable feature to shut down both outputs simultaneously, and integrated de-glitch filter that rejects input transients shorter than 5ns. All supplies have UVLO protection. UCC21550A is selected for this design due to the UVLO requirement of BDGaN isolated bias supply.