ApplicationNoteAN2012-08V1.0December2012AN2012-08EvaluationAdapterBoardfor62mmHalfBridgeIGBTModulesEvaluationAdapterBoardfor62mmhalfbridgeIGBTModules2ApplicationNoteAN2012-08V1.0December2012Edition2011-06-01PublishedbyInfineonTechnologiesAG59568Warstein,Germany©InfineonTechnologiesAG2011.AllRightsReserved.Attentionplease!THEINFORMATIONGIVENINTHISAPPLICATIONNOTEISGIVENASAHINTFORTHEIMPLEMEN-TATIONOFTHEINFINEONTECHNOLOGIESCOMPONENTONLYANDSHALLNOTBEREGARDEDASANYDESCRIPTIONORWARRANTYOFACERTAINFUNCTIONALITY,CONDITIONORQUALITYOFTHEINFINEONTECHNOLOGIESCOMPONENT.THERECIPIENTOFTHISAPPLICATIONNOTEMUSTVERIFYANYFUNCTIONDESCRIBEDHEREININTHEREALAPPLICATION.INFINEONTECHNOLOGIESHEREBYDISCLAIMSANYANDALLWARRANTIESANDLIABILITIESOFANYKIND(INCLUDINGWITHOUTLIMITATIONWARRANTIESOFNON-INFRINGEMENTOFINTELLECTUALPROPERTYRIGHTSOFANYTHIRDPARTY)WITHRESPECTTOANYANDALLINFORMATIONGIVENINTHISAPPLICATIONNOTE.InformationForfurtherinformationontechnology,deliverytermsandconditionsandpricespleasecontactyournearestInfineonTechnologiesOffice().WarningsDuetotechnicalrequirementscomponentsmaycontaindangeroussubstances.ForinformationonthetypesinquestionpleasecontactyournearestInfineonTechnologiesOffice.InfineonTechnologiesComponentsmayonlybeusedinlife-supportdevicesorsystemswiththeexpresswrittenapprovalofInfineonTechnologies,ifafailureofsuchcomponentscanreasonablybeexpectedtocausethefailureofthatlife-supportdeviceorsystem,ortoaffectthesafetyoreffectivenessofthatdeviceorsystem.Lifesupportdevicesorsystemsareintendedtobeimplantedinthehumanbody,ortosupportand/ormaintainandsustainand/orprotecthumanlife.Iftheyfail,itisreasonabletoassumethatthehealthoftheuserorotherpersonsmaybeendangered.AN2012-08RevisionHistory:date(2012-12-12),V1.0PreviousVersion:noneSubjects:noneAuthor:AlainSianiWeListentoYourCommentsAnyinformationwithinthisdocumentthatyoufeeliswrong,unclearormissingatall?Yourfeedbackwillhelpustocontinuouslyimprovethequalityofthisdocument.Pleasesendyourproposal(includingareferencetothisdocument)to:[WAR-IGBT-Application@infineon.com]EvaluationAdapterBoardfor62mmhalfbridgeIGBTModules3ApplicationNoteAN2012-08V1.0December2012Theboarddescribedisanevaluationboarddedicatedforlaboratoryenvironmentonly.Itoperatesathighvoltages.Thisboardmustbeoperatedbyqualifiedandskilledpersonnelfamiliarwithallapplicablesafetystandards.1Introduction..................................................................................................................................................41.1PartNumberexplanation...................................................................................................................42Designfeatures............................................................................................................................................52.1Mainfeatures.....................................................................................................................................52.2KeyData............................................................................................................................................52.3Mechanicaldimensions......................................................................................................................72.4Pinassignment..................................................................................................................................73Functionalityonboard................................................................................................................................83.1Gateresistors.....................................................................................................................................93.2Gatesignalamplifier..........................................................................................................................93.3VCEmonitoringforshortcircuitdetection...........................................................................................93.4Activevoltageclamping–boostedversion......................................................................................103.5Maximumswitchingfrequency.........................................................................................................104Paralleling...................................................................................................................................................114.1Staticcurrentimbalance..................................................................................................................114.2Dynamiccurrentimbalance.............................................................................................................114.3ParallelingwithMA070E12/17_EVAL..............................................................................................125SchematicsandLayouts..........................................................................................................................135.1Schematics.....................................................................