<p>This report is the basis for a Bachelor of Science thesis in engineering done at Volvo Powertrain in Gothenburg. The problem consisted of investigating a circuit with a PWM-controlled MOSFET driving a DC-motor. </p><p>The problem was to investigate what caused the circuit to break the transistor. Finally an improvement of the circuit is designed making the MOSFET withstand the stressful conditions exposed to. </p><p>An overall description of the problems with switching an inductive load using a MOSFET as switch is done. Some methods to protect the MOSFET from failure are also discussed. Finally a discussion is held to suggest what broke the MOSFET, and an improved design is proposed.</p>
Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA/oai:DiVA.org:liu-1271 |
Date | January 2002 |
Creators | Ljunggren, Tobias |
Publisher | Linköping University, Department of Electrical Engineering, Institutionen för systemteknik |
Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
Language | English |
Detected Language | English |
Type | Student thesis, text |
Relation | LiTH-ISY-Ex-ET, ; 0233 |
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