TIDA-01634 Reference Design

Texas Instruments

Multi-MHz GaN Power Stage Reference Design for High-Speed DC/DC Converters

Description

This reference design implements a multi-MHz power stage design based on the LMG1210 half-bridge GaN driver and GaN power High Electron Mobility Transistors (HEMTs). With highly efficient switches and flexible dead-time adjustment: this design can significantly improve power density while achieving good efficiency as well as wide control bandwidth. This power stage design can be widely applied to many space-constrained and fast response required applications such as 5G telecom power: servers: and industrial power supplies.

Features
  • Compact GaN-Based Power Stage Design With Switching up to 50 MHzIndependent PWM inputs for high side and low side: or single PWM input with adjustable dead timeMinimum pulse width of 3 nsHigh slew rate immunity of 300 V/nsDriver UVLO and overtermpertaure protection
Applications
  • Baseband unit (BBU)
  • Edge router
  • Intra-DC interconnect (metro)
  • Inter-DC interconnect (long-haul
  • submarine)
  • Core router
  • Performance client
  • High performance computing
  • Microserver & tower server
  • Active antenna system mMIMO (AAS)
  • Indoor backhaul
  • Campus & branch switches
  • Cell site gateway router
  • Multi-access edge computing (MEC)
  • Data center switch
  • Macro remote radio unit (RRU)
  • Rack server motherboard
  • Blade server
Product Categories
  • Power management

End Equipment Reference Diagrams

Application Area End Equipment
Baseband unit (BBU) https://www.ti.com/solution/baseband-unit-bbu#referencedesigns
Edge router https://www.ti.com/solution/edge-router#referencedesigns
Intra-DC interconnect (metro) https://www.ti.com/solution/intra-dc-interconnect-metro#referencedesigns
Inter-DC interconnect (long-haul https://www.ti.com/solution/inter-dc-interconnect-long-haul-submarine#referencedesigns
submarine) https://www.ti.com/solution/core-router#referencedesigns
Core router https://www.ti.com/solution/performance-client#referencedesigns
Performance client https://www.ti.com/solution/high-performance-computing#referencedesigns
High performance computing https://www.ti.com/solution/microserver-tower-server#referencedesigns
Microserver & tower server https://www.ti.com/solution/active-antenna-system-mmimo-aas#referencedesigns
Active antenna system mMIMO (AAS) https://www.ti.com/solution/indoor-backhaul#referencedesigns
Indoor backhaul https://www.ti.com/solution/campus-branch-switches#referencedesigns
Campus & branch switches https://www.ti.com/solution/cell-site-gateway-router#referencedesigns
Cell site gateway router https://www.ti.com/solution/multi-access-edge-computing-mec#referencedesigns
Multi-access edge computing (MEC) https://www.ti.com/solution/data-center-switches#referencedesigns
Data center switch https://www.ti.com/solution/macro-remote-radio-unit-rru#referencedesigns
Macro remote radio unit (RRU) https://www.ti.com/solution/rack-server-motherboard#referencedesigns
Rack server motherboard https://www.ti.com/solution/blade-server#referencedesigns