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A Review on Design Considerations & Limitations of Resonant Gate Drive Circuit in VHF Operations

A comprehensive review of resonant gate drive (RGD) circuits operating in very high frequency (VHF) switching is discussed. The specific RGD circuits are normally applied only for certain applications due to their design limitations and drawbacks. The isolation techniques must be considered to...

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Main Authors: Yahaya, Nor Zaihar, Begam , Mumtaj, awan, mohammad
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Published: 2009
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TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
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spelling my.utp.eprints.58032017-01-19T08:25:23Z A Review on Design Considerations & Limitations of Resonant Gate Drive Circuit in VHF Operations Yahaya, Nor Zaihar Begam , Mumtaj awan, mohammad TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering A comprehensive review of resonant gate drive (RGD) circuits operating in very high frequency (VHF) switching is discussed. The specific RGD circuits are normally applied only for certain applications due to their design limitations and drawbacks. The isolation techniques must be considered to avoid mismatch and interruption of signals as well as the dead time delay, size of components and choice of optimized parameter values. Low conduction losses and higher switching speed are important in achieving high efficiency of the driver. A new RGD circuit is proposed using power MOSFET device to show its robustness in achieving low conduction loss and high switching speed. In the near future, high power GaN HEMT can be used as a substitute for power MOSFET switch in VHF switching operation. Even though this device is not yet commercially available, the simulation study on RGD circuits can be realized through modeling. Studies have shown that some RGD circuit designs using power MOSFET can be modified and replaced with this device. However, the investigation on circuit performance and reliability on signal integrity have to be further investigated due to their differences in semiconductor properties and electrical characteristics. 2009-06 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf http://eprints.utp.edu.my/5803/1/Journal_%5B04%5D.pdf Yahaya, Nor Zaihar and Begam , Mumtaj and awan, mohammad (2009) A Review on Design Considerations & Limitations of Resonant Gate Drive Circuit in VHF Operations. IAENG Engineering Letters, 17 (2). pp. 54-62. http://eprints.utp.edu.my/5803/
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topic TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
spellingShingle TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
Yahaya, Nor Zaihar
Begam , Mumtaj
awan, mohammad
A Review on Design Considerations & Limitations of Resonant Gate Drive Circuit in VHF Operations
description A comprehensive review of resonant gate drive (RGD) circuits operating in very high frequency (VHF) switching is discussed. The specific RGD circuits are normally applied only for certain applications due to their design limitations and drawbacks. The isolation techniques must be considered to avoid mismatch and interruption of signals as well as the dead time delay, size of components and choice of optimized parameter values. Low conduction losses and higher switching speed are important in achieving high efficiency of the driver. A new RGD circuit is proposed using power MOSFET device to show its robustness in achieving low conduction loss and high switching speed. In the near future, high power GaN HEMT can be used as a substitute for power MOSFET switch in VHF switching operation. Even though this device is not yet commercially available, the simulation study on RGD circuits can be realized through modeling. Studies have shown that some RGD circuit designs using power MOSFET can be modified and replaced with this device. However, the investigation on circuit performance and reliability on signal integrity have to be further investigated due to their differences in semiconductor properties and electrical characteristics.
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author Yahaya, Nor Zaihar
Begam , Mumtaj
awan, mohammad
author_facet Yahaya, Nor Zaihar
Begam , Mumtaj
awan, mohammad
author_sort Yahaya, Nor Zaihar
title A Review on Design Considerations & Limitations of Resonant Gate Drive Circuit in VHF Operations
title_short A Review on Design Considerations & Limitations of Resonant Gate Drive Circuit in VHF Operations
title_full A Review on Design Considerations & Limitations of Resonant Gate Drive Circuit in VHF Operations
title_fullStr A Review on Design Considerations & Limitations of Resonant Gate Drive Circuit in VHF Operations
title_full_unstemmed A Review on Design Considerations & Limitations of Resonant Gate Drive Circuit in VHF Operations
title_sort review on design considerations & limitations of resonant gate drive circuit in vhf operations
publishDate 2009
url http://eprints.utp.edu.my/5803/1/Journal_%5B04%5D.pdf
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