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HV400MJ/883
August 1997
High Current MOSFET Driver
Description
The HV400MJ/883 is a single monolithic, non-inverting high current driver designed to drive large capacitive loads at high slew rates. The device is optimized for driving single or parallel connected N-Channel power MOSFETs with total gate charge from 5nC to >1000nC. It features two output stages pinned out separately allowing independent control of the MOSFET gate rise and fall times. The current sourcing output stage is an NPN capable of 6A. An SCR provides over 30A of current sinking. The HV400MJ/883 achieves rise and fall times of 54ns and 16ns respectively driving a 10,000pF load. Special features are included in this part to provide a simple, high speed gate drive circuit for power MOSFETs.