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Post your questions about Infineon Intelligent Power Modules (IPMs). Depending on the level of integration and power required there are different options of semiconductors and drivers in numerous packages for various voltage and current classes. CIPOS™ IPMs are families of highly integrated, compact power modules designed to drive motors in applications ranging from home appliances to fans, pumps, and general-purpose drives
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Power Management ICs
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Sorry for long title: I am curious why Buck and Boost technologies are used which are constrained by their inductive energy storage topology, when more modern topologies of the last decade are superior and more cost effective? A exciting new world of Power Electronics Topologies is rapidly emerging.
For example:
Significant improvement in efficiency and reduced cost is realized, not to mention also reduced size and increased power density.
I strongly recommend joining a growing group centered on Power Electronics Topologies, that is already bringing forward topologies that will replace the Buck and Boost technologies.
Has anyone at Cypress engineering considered the half dozen or so new topologies of the last 8 years which will ultimately replace the Buck and Boost technologies? The above link is one good example of this. The latest Cuk patents are leading the charge to the next level in Power Electronics design.
Combining PSoC chips with more flexible power modules could allow for user programmability of control subsystems, but more importantly allow for instrumenting the power management subsystem.
Regards
Clifford Emeric
Show LessI am looking for replacement of IRS2332DJ because it is completely out of stock everywhere and production of it is closed. I have clients with damaged frequency converters based on this ic. Any suggestions? Show Less
I have found the AUIRF7736M2 in a DirectFET M4 package. The transistor can handle my requirement with ease, the continuous MSOA peaking at 102A.
The problem is with the package, the M4's total width is 6.25mm and in that space I have to squeeze the source trace, the gate trace and the edge of the drain pad.
I'm left with a trace of around 4mm for the source. On a 2oz/ft^2 board, if I let the trace heat up 60°C over ambient I might be able to pass 25A. Nowhere near the transistors ability to handle 100A DC.
On other packages, like D2PAK I'm able to solder wires on top of the trace so that it can handle more current, but with DirectFET I have an area covered by the transistor itself where I can not add any wires.
Am I missing something or this transistor was not designed to be put on a "normal" PCB? I really like how well tested and documented these transistors are and would not like to switch to something else.
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I have just bought the new EVAL-M1-CM610N3 power board equipped with the CIPOS mini IKCM10L60GA, to be tested with the Eval M1-1302, the control board with XMC1302.
I have tried to find some examples for this board, but I couldn't find any solution.
We are developing a new BLDC motor for sanding tools, and we would like to test your FOC solution.
Do I have to follow different configurations?
Thank you very much for your help
BR
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I am trying to get deeper in the FOC library. It seems that this library is really powerful, but I am figthing with a strange problem.
I have linked the PMSM_FOC_O.user_speed_set to a numeric box (I have also tried with a slider) in the Micrium program, in order to have a graphic interface where I can modify the motor speed in debug mode,
The control works uncorrectly: it only INCREASES the speed. When I try to reduce the value, the control does not change the motor speed.
Any idea or suggestion?
Thank you very much
Best Regards
Ciao
Fabio Show Less
Hi there. I would like to ask for the S6SAE101A00SA1002 Solar-Powered IoT Device Kit is there anyway I could monitor the output of the solar cell, the remaining battery charge and the power consumption by the internal hardware on the EH motherboard?
Show Lessslope of the same magnitude. Here is the relevant schematic section:
And I of course have the bootstrap:
The slope is supposed to be independent of the load's capacitance, but on the scope it clearly isn't. I suspect it's because as the C increases, it takes longer to charge, which takes longer to feedback thru the bootstrap, and etc.
Is there any way for me to make the high-voltage output independent of the driver? Like, if I'm switching a high voltage of 96V, could I connect, say, 108V directly to the BS input, and not have that feedback? My understanding
is the need for bootstrap is because the gate on the MOSFET has to go so much higher than the voltage being switched. Can I do something else?
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Thanks, Dan B. Show Less
Hello.
User would like to operate “Solar Powered IoT Device Kit” by using coin battery.
User mounted a battery holder, then they inserted CR1220(3V) into this holder.
But IoT kit did not operate.
And I tried whether IoT kit operates correctly or not by using external power supply.
I used VBAT pin(#2) of J1.
But IoT kit did not operate even if external power supply ups to 5V.
It seems that S6E101A did not output any voltage even if there is VBAT voltage(3V to 5V).
J4 is in EH side.
How should user operate IoT kit with coin battery?
Please advise.
Best Regards.
Yutaka Matsubara
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