ISL6625A: Synchronous Rectified Buck MOSFET Drivers

The ISL6625A is a high frequency MOSFET driver designed to drive upper and lower power N-Channel MOSFETs in a synchronous rectified buck converter topology.

In ISL6625A, the upper and lower gates are both driven to an externally applied voltage. This provides the capability to optimize applications involving trade-offs between gate charge and conduction losses.

An advanced adaptive shoot-through protection is integrated to prevent both the upper and lower MOSFETs from conducting simultaneously and to minimize dead time. The ISL6625A has a 10kΩ integrated high-side gate-to-source resistor to prevent self turn-on due to high input bus dV/dt.

This driver also has an overvoltage protection feature, which is operational while VCC is below the POR threshold. The PHASE node is connected to the gate of the low-side MOSFET (LGATE) via a 30kΩ resistor, limiting the output voltage of the converter close to the gate threshold of the low-side MOSFET. This is dependent on the current being shunted, which provides some protection to the load should the upper MOSFET(s) become shorted.

Key Features
  • Dual MOSFET drives for synchronous rectified bridge
  • Advanced adaptive zero shoot-through protection
    • PHASE detection
    • LGATE detection
    • Auto-Zero of rDS(ON) conduction offset effect
  • Low standby bias current
  • 36V internal bootstrap switcher
  • Bootstrap capacitor overcharging prevention
  • Integrated high-side gate-to-source resistor to prevent from self turn-on due to high input bus dV/dt
  • Pre-POR overvoltage protection for start-up and shutdown
  • Power rails undervoltage protection
  • Expandable bottom copper pad for enhanced heat sinking
  • Dual flat no-lead (DFN) package
    • Near chip-scale package footprint; improves PCB efficiency and thinner in profile
  • Pb-Free (RoHS compliant)
Applications
  • High light load efficiency voltage regulators
  • Core regulators for advanced microprocessors
  • High current DC/DC converters
Typical Diagram
Application Notes
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AN1116: Elantec CMOS applicationsPDF13 Nov 2014231 KB
Datasheets
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ISL6625A DatasheetPDF17 Nov 2014406 KB
Tech Briefs
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TB363: Guidelines for Handling and Processing Moisture Sensitive Surface Mount Devices (SMDs)PDF13 Jan 201529 KB
TB417: Designing Stable Compensation Networks for Single Phase Voltage Mode Buck RegulatorsPDF19 Nov 2014206 KB
White Papers
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Five Easy Steps to Create a Multi-Load Power SolutionPDF30 Jan 2017502 KB
Order Information
Part NumberPackage TypeWeight(g)PinsMSL RatingPeak Temp (°C)RoHS Status
ISL6625AIRZ-T8 Ld DFN T+R0.01183260RoHS
ISL6625ACRZ-T8 Ld DFN T+R0.01183260RoHS
ISL6625A Datasheet 17 Nov 2014
8 Ld DFN T+R ISL6208B
ISL6625A
AN1116: Elantec CMOS applications 13 Nov 2014
TB363: Guidelines for Handling and Processing Moisture Sensitive Surface Mount Devices (SMDs) 13 Jan 2015
TB417: Designing Stable Compensation Networks for Single Phase Voltage Mode Buck Regulators 19 Nov 2014
Five Easy Steps to Create a Multi-Load Power Solution 30 Jan 2017