Si829x
Isolated Safety Gate Driver for EV Traction Inverters
For traction inverter engineers, Si829x is the isolated safety gate driver that provides the benefits of ProVCD™ current mode-controlled gate drive, unlike competitors who provide traditional voltage mode drivers. Designed according to ISO 26262, Si829x supports rigorous functional safety and is suitable for ASIL D applications.
Key Features:
- 15A programmable variable current drive ProVCD™
- 15A Miller Clamp
- Cycle-by-cycle programmability
- Integrated VPOS/VNEG regulation
- Isolated drive of high or low side switch
- Optimized for SiC FETs and IGBTs
- SPI interface with host controller
- Overlap and deadtime enforcement
- Desaturation detection
- Current/temp/voltage measurement
- Comprehensive functional safety support
- Power-up self checks
- Safe state enforcement
- Fault notification and management
- Extensive diagnostics and configurability
- IEC 60747-17 6kV Reinforced isolation
- Package options for thermal management and layout optimization
