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Re: ping Win, SiC fets

From Winfield Hill <hill@rowland.harvard.edu>
Newsgroups sci.electronics.design
Subject Re: ping Win, SiC fets
Date 2016-11-02 15:36 -0700
Organization Rowland Institute
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John Larkin wrote...
>
> Hey, Win,
>
> I think you were working with high-voltage SiC fets.
> What sort of fall times can you get at 1kV or so?

 You could easily get 10ns, faster if you work at it.
 I've slowed my 600V switch to 8ns to keep it smooth.

> I want to switch 6 or 7 kV to ground, fast, into a
> 50 ohm load, and need to stack fets.  The higher
> the fet voltage, the fewer I need to stack and drive.

 Also, 7kV and 50 ohms, with 50-ohm cable, means a
 current of 70A.  Switching that much current is one
 thing, but trying to do it fast means inductive
 voltage drops, V = L di/dt, will be a killer.  You
 can work to keep inductance under control with one
 MOSFET and a ground plane, etc., but when you put
 them in series, low-inductance paths go to hell.

 Dunno, John, that's a very serious game to play. 
 Behlke does it, but they stick to slower speeds.


-- 
 Thanks,
    - Win

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ping Win, SiC fets John Larkin <jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> - 2016-11-02 15:17 -0700
  Re: ping Win, SiC fets Winfield Hill <hill@rowland.harvard.edu> - 2016-11-02 15:36 -0700
    Re: ping Win, SiC fets John Larkin <jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> - 2016-11-02 15:58 -0700
      Re: ping Win, SiC fets Winfield Hill <hill@rowland.harvard.edu> - 2016-11-02 17:50 -0700
        Re: ping Win, SiC fets John Larkin <jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> - 2016-11-02 18:02 -0700
          Re: ping Win, SiC fets Winfield Hill <hill@rowland.harvard.edu> - 2016-11-02 18:34 -0700
            Re: ping Win, SiC fets TTman <pcw1.cad@ntlworld.com> - 2016-11-03 08:52 +0000
              Re: ping Win, SiC fets Martin Brown <|||newspam|||@nezumi.demon.co.uk> - 2016-11-03 09:24 +0000
              Re: ping Win, SiC fets Jeroen Belleman <jeroen@nospam.please> - 2016-11-03 10:25 +0100
                Re: ping Win, SiC fets John S <Sophi.2@invalid.org> - 2016-11-03 07:11 -0500
                Re: ping Win, SiC fets Jeroen Belleman <jeroen@nospam.please> - 2016-11-03 14:32 +0100
                Re: ping Win, SiC fets Jim Thompson <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon@On-My-Web-Site.com> - 2016-11-03 09:00 -0700
                Re: ping Win, SiC fets John S <Sophi.2@invalid.org> - 2016-11-06 17:47 -0600
              Re: ping Win, SiC fets Tom Gardner <spamjunk@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2016-11-03 09:29 +0000
                Re: ping Win, SiC fets TTman <pcw1.cad@ntlworld.com> - 2016-11-03 11:43 +0000
                Re: ping Win, SiC fets Tom Gardner <spamjunk@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2016-11-03 12:16 +0000
              Re: ping Win, SiC fets upsidedown@downunder.com - 2016-11-03 18:56 +0200
            Re: ping Win, SiC fets John Larkin <jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> - 2016-11-03 08:59 -0700
              Re: ping Win, SiC fets Winfield Hill <hill@rowland.harvard.edu> - 2016-11-03 10:40 -0700
                Re: ping Win, SiC fets John Larkin <jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> - 2016-11-03 11:02 -0700
                Re: ping Win, SiC fets Winfield Hill <hill@rowland.harvard.edu> - 2016-11-03 11:29 -0700
  Re: ping Win, SiC fets dagmargoodboat@yahoo.com - 2016-11-02 15:42 -0700
    Re: ping Win, SiC fets John Larkin <jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> - 2016-11-02 15:54 -0700
      Re: ping Win, SiC fets dagmargoodboat@yahoo.com - 2016-11-02 17:10 -0700
        Re: ping Win, SiC fets Winfield Hill <hill@rowland.harvard.edu> - 2016-11-02 17:53 -0700
      Re: ping Win, SiC fets Winfield Hill <hill@rowland.harvard.edu> - 2016-11-02 17:54 -0700
        Re: ping Win, SiC fets Cursitor Doom <curd@notformail.com> - 2016-11-03 15:38 +0000
          triacs and electronics engineering Winfield Hill <hill@rowland.harvard.edu> - 2016-11-03 10:46 -0700
            Re: triacs and electronics engineering Gunther Heiko Hagen <guntherxxx@quantserve.de> - 2016-11-03 18:01 +0000
              Re: triacs and electronics engineering John Larkin <jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> - 2016-11-03 11:40 -0700
              Re: triacs and electronics engineering Jon Elson <jmelson@wustl.edu> - 2016-11-03 13:56 -0500

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