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After destroying an IGBT brick I am trying to phase tune the new one so it doesn't happen again and getting a strange result. I can eliminate the spikes on the half bridge output, but only on one side. I am using a CM300-24H half bridge brick with the UD2.7c driver and 5.1ohm gate resistor. To scope this I have an isolation transformer and running it at low power (bus voltage of about 100v) Probe grounds on the negative bus, one probe on G2 and one probe on E1C2 (output). The photo shows what is happening. Top trace is the Gate voltage and bottom is the output voltage. There is a slight overshoot on one side of the gate signal which may be causing the large rise on the output, but the spike is really large. I can't seem to get either to disappear with tuning. Would love some suggestions. Thanks
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Thanks Mads. Good thread. I am still not understanding why it's only happening on one side. Wondering if one of the GE reverse diodes (2 x 1N5934BG) is failing and not clamping the gate voltage appropriately??
Thanks Mads. Good thread. I am still not understanding why it's only happening on one side. Wondering if one of the GE reverse diodes (2 x 1N5934BG) is failing and not clamping the gate voltage appropriately??
Have you read this page in detail? - It should answer many of your questions on using the UD2, likewise many of the questions on the other linked thread.
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loneoceans wrote ...
Have you read this page in detail? - It should answer many of your questions on using the UD2, likewise many of the questions on the other linked thread.
That page is a permanent bookmark :) Super helpful info. I found what could be the problem. One of the diodes across the gate resistor was dead and shorting out the resistor. Probably what blew the IGBT in the first place. Was sure I checked it but I guess I missed. Would explain why I was seeing weird behavior on one side only. Thanks for the help.
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Generally it is a good idea to disassemble everything on the secondary side of the GDT to check it after IGBT failures. I have often seen gate resistor take damage.
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Yup - lesson learned. Will definitely check there next time - hopefully not too often! Well, both coils up and running again. Was able to phase tune nicely. Thanks again for the help.
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IGBT Output Spikes
