RECOM Isolated DC/DC converter for gate drivers survives the “tower of torture,” proves reliability
A common question that we hear from users is: “How reliable are your converters when used in high dV/dt applications?”
In response, RECOM has built a “tower of torture,” where we could subject RxxPxx converters to long-term 1000V high-slew-rate switching waveforms at 50kHz and at a high ambient temperature.
We asked a professor of high-voltage physics at Graz University (Graz, Austria) to analyze the converters both before and after the 1,500-hour ordeal by using partial-discharge testing.
The highlight of his report is that “1000V switching at up to 65kV/µs has no effect on the lifetime” of the Isolated DC/DC converters.
To see all the technical details, please download the report.
A common question that we hear from users is: “How reliable are your converters when used in high dV/dt applications?”
In response, RECOM has built a “tower of torture,” where we could subject RxxPxx converters to long-term 1000V high-slew-rate switching waveforms at 50kHz and at a high ambient temperature.
We asked a professor of high-voltage physics at Graz University (Graz, Austria) to analyze the converters both before and after the 1,500-hour ordeal by using partial-discharge testing.
The highlight of his report is that “1000V switching at up to 65kV/µs has no effect on the lifetime” of the Isolated DC/DC converters.
To see all the technical details, please download the report.