May 2014
FOD8333
Input LED Drive, 2.5 A Output Current, IGBT Drive
Optocoupler with Desaturation Detection, Isolated Fault
Sensing, Active Miller Clamp, and Automatic Fault Reset
Features
■ Input LED Drive Facilitates Receiving Digitally
Encoded Signals from PWM Output
■ Optically Isolated Fault-Sensing Feedback
■ Active Miller Clamp to Shut Off IGBT During High
dv/dt without Negative Supply Voltage
■ High Noise Immunity Characterized by
Common Mode Rejection – 35 kV/µs Minimum,
VCM = 1500 VPEAK
■ 2.5 A Peak Output Current Driving Capability for
Medium Power IGBT
– P-Channel MOSFETs at Output Stage Enable
Output Voltage Swing Close to Supply Rail
(Rail-to-Rail Output)
– Wide Supply Voltage Range: 15 V to 30 V
■ Integrated IGBT Protection
– Desaturation Detection
– “Soft” IGBT Turn-Off
– Automatic Fault Reset after Fixed Mute Time,
Typically 33 µs
– Under-Voltage Lockout (UVLO) with Hysteresis
■ Fast Switching Speed Over Full Operating
Temperature Range
– 250 ns Maximum Propagation Delay
– 100 ns Maximum Pulse Width Distortion
■ Extended Industrial Temperate Range:
– –40°C to 100°C
■ Safety and Regulatory Approvals
– UL1577, 4,243 VRMS for 1 Minute
– DIN-EN/IEC60747-5-5:
1,414 VPEAK Working Insulation Voltage Rating
8,000 VPEAK Transient Isolation Voltage Rating
■ 8 mm Creepage and Clearance Distances
Applications
■ AC and Brushless DC Motor Drive
■ Industrial Inverter
■ Uninterruptible Power Supply
■ Induction Heating
■ Isolated IGBT/Power MOSFET Gate Drive
©2014 Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation
FOD8333 Rev. 1.0.3
Description
The FOD8333 is an advanced 2.5 A output current IGBT
drive optocoupler capable of driving medium-power
IGBTs with ratings up to 1,200 V and 150 A. It is suited
for fast-switching driving of power IGBTs and
MOSFETs in motor-control inverter applications and
high-performance power systems. The FOD8333 offers
protection features necessary for preventing fault condi-
tions that lead to destructive thermal runaway of IGBTs.
The device utilizes Fairchild’s proprietary Optoplanar®
coplanar packaging technology and optimized IC design
to achieve reliable high isolation and high noise immunity,
characterized by high common-mode rejection and power
supply rejection specifications. The device is housed in a
wide-body, 16-pin, small-outline, plastic package.
The gate-driver channel consists of an aluminum gallium
arsenide (AlGaAs) light-emitting diode (LED) optically
coupled to an integrated high-speed driver circuit with a
low-RDS(ON) MOSFET output stage. The fault-sense
channel consists of an AlGaAs LED optically coupled to
an integrated high-speed feedback circuit for fault
sensing.
Related Resources
■ FOD8316—2.5 A Output Current, IGBT Drive
Optocoupler with Desaturation, Isolated Fault Sensing
■ FOD8318—2.5 A Output Current, IGBT Drive
Optocoupler with Active Miller Clamp, Desaturation
Detection, and Isolated Fault Sensing
■ FOD8332—Input LED Drive, 2.5 A Output Current,
IGBT Drive Optocoupler with Desaturation Detection,
Isolated Fault Sensing, and Active Miller Clamp
■ AN-3009—Standard Gate-Driver Optocouplers
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