Bootstrap driver
L6385E
For example: using a power MOS with a total gate charge of 30nC the drop on the bootstrap
DMOS is about 1V, if the Tcharge is 5µs. In fact:
Vdrop = -3--5-0--µ--n--s-C--- ⋅ 125Ω ∼ 0.8V
Vdrop has to be taken into account when the voltage drop on CBOOT is calculated: if this drop
is too high, or the circuit topology doesn’t allow a sufficient charging time, an external diode
can be used.
Figure 4. Bootstrap driver
DBOOT
VS
HVG
LVG
VBOOT
H.V.
VOUT
VS
CBOOT
TO LOAD
HVG
LVG
VBOOT
H.V.
VOUT
CBOOT
TO LOAD
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b
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