APPLICATION DATA
The TURBOSWITCHTM is especially designed to
provide the lowest overall power losses in any
Freewheel Mode application (see fig. A) consider-
ing both the diode and the companion transistor,
thus optimizing the overall performance in the end
application.
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The way of calculating the power losses is given
below :
TOTAL LOSSES
due to the diode
P = P1+ P2+ P3+ P4+ P5 Watts
CONDUCTION
LOSSES
in the diode
REVERSE
LOSSES
in the diode
SWITCHING
LOSSES
in the diode
SWITCHING
LOSSES
in the transistor
due to the diode
Fig. A : "FREEWHEEL" MODE
SWITCHING
TRANSISTOR
DIODE:
TURBOSWITCH
VR
tp
T
F = 1/T δ = tp/T
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