Overview

Features and Benefits

  • Output voltage range to 35 V
  • Screw terminals for easy connectivity
  • Pad placement for external series gate resistors
  • Pad placement for capacitive load testing
  • Supports TO-220 or TO-252 IGBTs or MOSFETs
  • Bootstrap option
  • Jumper placement for easy half bridge setup

Product Details

The EVAL-ADuM4221-2EBZ supports the ADuM4221-2 half bridge gate driver that employs Analog Devices, Inc., iCoupler® technology to provide independent and isolated high-side and low-side outputs. The EVAL-ADuM4221-2EBZ is populated with the ADuM4221-2, which has the VIA and VIB. The EVAL-ADuM4221-2EBZ supplies jumpers and screw terminals to configure different drive conditions. The EVAL-ADuM4221-2EBZ operates with square waves and dc values on the VIA, VIB, and DISABLE pins.

The ADuM4221-2 operates with an input supply ranging from 2.5 V to 6.5 V, providing compatibility with lower voltage systems. Logic level voltages at the input pins control the VOA and VOB outputs.

The driver has a DISABLE input pin that, if held high, shuts the device off regardless of the input on the channels.

The ADuM4221-2 provides operation with voltages of up to 35 V on the secondary side. The EVAL-ADuM4221-2EBZ has a provision for the high-side supply to be bootstrapped to the low-side supply. The EVAL-ADuM4221-2EBZ facilitates testing of the propagation delay, drive strength, and input logic of the device. Because the EVAL-ADuM4221-2EBZ has footprints for insulated gate bipolar transistors (IGBTs) and metal-oxide semiconductor field effect transistors (MOSFETs) in TO-220 and TO-252 packages, the ADuM4221-2 can be evaluated with many different power devices.

For complete information about the ADuM4221-2, refer to the ADuM4221-2 data sheet in conjunction with the user guide when using the EVAL-ADuM4221-2EBZ.

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Applicable Parts

System Requirements

SUGGESTED TEST EQUIPMENT

  • Primary side power supply: 0 V to 6.5 V at 100 mA
  • 2 secondary side supplies: 0 V to 35 V at 250 mA
  • Square wave generator: 0 V to 5 V