Hi,
I am testing the PFC stage with UCC2818.
Input: Slowly increasing AC voltage using a Variac. At 85V rms, the control starts up and the mosfets short circuit.
Power Level: 3kW
Output Voltage: 380V
Test Load: 150W bulb load
I am trying to figure out what could be going wrong.
The gate drive is working fine.
I am suspecting that the voltage overshoot at startup is causing the mosfet failure (its just a possibility which I think).
This same setup has worked once nicely with the output voltage being well regulated to 380V. So my current sense, power circuit, etc seem to be fine. But on the next attempt, it failed. And it keeps failing thereafter even though the gate driver has been verified to be fine.
Is there any open loop configuration in which I can test UCC2818?
What else can I do?