IRS21867S
Figure 16: Negative VS transient SOA for IRS2607 @ VBS=15V
Even though the IRS21867 has been shown able to handle these large negative VS transient conditions, it is highly
recommended that the circuit designer always limit the negative VS transients as much as possible by careful PCB
layout and component use.
PCB Layout Tips
Distance between high and low voltage components: It’s strongly recommended to place the components tied to the
floating voltage pins (VB and VS) near the respective high voltage portions of the device. Please see the Case
Outline information in this datasheet for the details.
Ground Plane: In order to minimize noise coupling, the ground plane should not be placed under or near the
high voltage floating side.
Gate Drive Loops: Current loops behave like antennas and are able to receive and transmit EM noise (see
Figure 17). In order to reduce the EM coupling and improve the power switch turn on/off performance, the
gate drive loops must be reduced as much as possible. Moreover, current can be injected inside the gate
drive loop via the IGBT collector-to-gate parasitic capacitance. The parasitic auto-inductance of the gate
loop contributes to developing a voltage across the gate-emitter, thus increasing the possibility of a self
turn-on effect.
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