HIP6601B, HIP6603B, HIP6604B
Lower gate driver supply voltage.
Functional Pin Description
PVCC (Pin 7), (Pin 11 QFN)
UGATE (Pin 1), (Pin 16 QFN)
For the HIP6601B and the HIP6604B, this pin supplies the upper gate
drive bias. Connect this pin from +12V down to +5V.
Upper gate drive output. Connect to gate of high-side power N-
Channel MOSFET.
For the HIP6603B, this pin supplies both the upper and lower gate
drive bias. Connect this pin to either +12V or +5V.
BOOT (Pin 2), (Pin 2 QFN)
Floating bootstrap supply pin for the upper gate drive. Connect a
bootstrap capacitor between this pin and the PHASE pin. The
bootstrap capacitor provides the charge to turn on the upper
MOSFET. A resistor in series with boot capacitor is required in
certain applications to reduce ringing on the BOOT pin. See
“Internal Bootstrap Device” on page 7 for guidance in choosing
the appropriate capacitor and resistor values.
PHASE (Pin 8), (Pin 14 QFN)
Connect this pin to the source of the upper MOSFET and the drain
of the lower MOSFET. The PHASE voltage is monitored for
adaptive shoot-through protection. This pin also provides a return
path for the upper gate drive.
Description
PWM (Pin 3), (Pin 3 QFN)
The PWM signal is the control input for the driver. The PWM signal
can enter three distinct states during operation, see the “Three-State
PWM Input” on page 7 for further details. Connect this pin to the
PWM output of the controller.
Operation
Designed for versatility and speed, the HIP6601B, HIP6603B and
HIP6604B dual MOSFET drivers control both high-side and low-
side N-Channel FETs from one externally provided PWM signal.
GND (Pin 4), (Pin 4 QFN)
The upper and lower gates are held low until the driver is
initialized. Once the VCC voltage surpasses the VCC Rising
Threshold (See “Electrical Specifications” on page 4), the PWM
signal takes control of gate transitions. A rising edge on PWM
initiates the turn-off of the lower MOSFET (see “Timing Diagram”
Bias and reference ground. All signals are referenced to this
node.
PGND (Pin 5 QFN Package Only)
This pin is the power ground return for the lower gate driver.
on page 6). After a short propagation delay [t
lower gate begins to fall. Typical fall times [t
], the
PDLLGATE
] are
FLGATE
LGATE (Pin 5), (Pin 7 QFN)
provided in the “Electrical Specifications” on page 4. Adaptive
shoot-through circuitry monitors the LGATE voltage and
Lower gate drive output. Connect to gate of the low-side power N-
Channel MOSFET.
determines the upper gate delay time [t
] based on how
PDHUGATE
quickly the LGATE voltage drops below 2.2V. This prevents both
the lower and upper MOSFETs from conducting simultaneously or
shoot-through. Once this delay period is complete the upper gate
VCC (Pin 6), (Pin 9 QFN)
Connect this pin to a +12V bias supply. Place a high quality bypass
capacitor from this pin to GND.
drive begins to rise [t
] and the upper MOSFET turns on.
RUGATE
LVCC (Pin 10 QFN Package Only)
Timing Diagram
PWM
t
PDHUGATE
t
PDLUGATE
t
RUGATE
t
FUGATE
UGATE
LGATE
t
RLGATE
t
FLGATE
t
t
PDHLGATE
PDLLGATE
FN9072.8
May 1, 2012
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