
2ED020I12-F
Datasheet 9 Rev. 2.3, 2006-05-12
4 Functional description
4.1 Power supply
The power supply of both sides, VSL and VSH, is monitored by an under-voltage lockout block (UVLO) which enables
operation of the corresponding side when the supply voltage reaches the “on” threshold of 12 V. Afterwards the internal
voltage reference and the biasing circuit are enabled. When the supply voltage (VSL, VSH) drops below the “off”
threshold of 11 V the circuit is disabled.
4.2 Logic inputs
The logic inputs InH, InL (non-inverting) and /SD (inverting) are fed into Schmitt-Triggers with thresholds compatible to
3.3 V and 5 V TTL. When /SD is enabled (low), inputs InH and InL are disabled. If InH is high while InL is low, OutH is
enabled and vice versa. However, if both signals are high, they are internally disabled until both signals get low again.
This is due to the interlocking logic of the device (see also Figure 5).
4.3 Gate driver
2ED020I12-F features two hard-switching gate drivers with n-channel output stages capable to source 1 A and to sink 2
A peak current. Both drivers are equipped with active-low-clamping capability. Furthermore, they feature a large ground
bounce ruggedness in order to compensate ground bounces caused by a turn-off of the driven IGBT or MOSEFT.
4.4 General purpose operational amplifier
The integrated general purpose operational amplifier can be applied for current measurement of the driven low-side
IGBT or MOSFET. The OP is equipped with a -0.1 V to 2 V input stage and a rail-to-rail output stage which is capable to
drive ±5 mA and is dedicated to drive for instance an A/D converter. The OP needs for stable operation a minimum gain
of 3 set by the external circuitry.
4.5 General purpose comparator
The integrated general purpose comparator can be applied for over-current detection of the low side IGBT or MOSFET.
A dedicated offset as well as a pull-up and pull-down resistor have been introduced to its inputs for security reasons.
4.6 CLT
In order to enable signal transmission across the isolation barrier between low-side and high-side driver, a coreless
transformer is employed. Signals, that are to be transmitted, are specially encoded by the transmitter and
correspondingly reconstructed by the receiver. In this way EMI due to variations of GNDH (dVGNDH/dt) or the magnetic
flux density (dH/dt) can be suppressed. To compensate the additional propagation delay of transmitter, coreless
transformer and receiver, a dedicated propagation delay is introduced into the low-side driver which assures a maximum
difference of the propagation delay times of 10 ns.
4.7 EMI
The driver was tested according to IEC 61000-4-4 Level 3 (typical industrial environment) in an Infineon reference
frequency converter.