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LM5035: Half-bridge power supply no-load start sometimes fry MOS tube, sometimes normal.

Part Number: LM5035

Hello:
       Recently, a 100W half-bridge power supply was made with reference to TI's LM5035 sample. The circuit schematics and manuals recommend the same circuit.

         

           

         Produced 50 prototypes, a strange phenomenon appeared. There are 25 circuits that are normal, and 25 of them burn the MOS tube when they are powered on, and most of them burn the secondary rectification MOS tube, and also burn the primary MOS tube.
         After replacing 25 burned MOS tubes with the prototype, the power supply is normal.
         After the power supply is normal, I tested the drive waveform of the MOS tube and the voltage of the DS terminal when the prototype was started, which is normal.
         Later, the product was subjected to high temperature experiments. During the experiment, 4 of the original 25 good MOS tubes were damaged, 2 was only damaged after one day of high temperature work, and 2 was just damaged by no-load power-on. The secondary rectification MOS tube has broken three, and the primary MOS has broken one.
         I am very confused now. The tube is genuine, and the waveform is normal when the power supply is stable. After the MOS tube is broken, it will be replaced by a new one, but I can't find the reason. I don't know where it is. Now my heart is very low, maybe someday the prototype will fry the MOS tube.
         Also ask the seniors to point out the maze, how can I find the reason? What other factors may cause this kind of good or bad?

  • primary pwm and secondary pwm dead time is 10ns and 20ns,is it short or enough?

  • Hi Zoujiangyilang,

    I suggest increasing the dead-time to 100ns to ensure that there is no cross conduction. As the power supply heats up the turn on threshold voltage of the power mosfets on the primary and secondary circuits will drop and the effective deadtime will be reduced.

    You could observe this on bench by running the board under load with no forced air cooling (no fan). The power supply will get hot and you may see the deadtime falling as the power supply heats up.

    Have you measured the voltage stress on the primary and secondary mosfets during turn-on ? If you repeatedly cycle the power supply on and off due the power mosfet devices fail ? Turn-on and turn-off can be the most stressful time for the power stage.

    Regards

    Peter

  • Hi

    It has been over a week since the last response to your issue. I hope you have made progress in the meantime. I will close this post and please open a new post if you have more questions.

    Regards

    Peter