Low voltage drives scalable power demoboard platform

Infineon’s low voltage drives scalable power demoboard provides a modular platform for rapid prototyping forklifts and light electric vehicles (LEVs)

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Demoboard platform overview

The modular demo platform supports multiphase topologies and variable half-bridge paralleling. In combination with the XMC™ drive card a 3-phase setup can drive induction or PMSM motors of various power ratings, utilizing sensored or sensorless control drive schemes.

Low voltage drives scalable power demoboard platform
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The platform demonstrates performance of Infineon’s power MOSFET family OptiMOS™ in the D2PAK, D2PAK 7-pin and the TO-Leadless packages, in terms of parallelization and thermal behavior. Several voltage levels are available.

The demoboard is intended to interface with Infineon’s XMC™ demoboard drive card XMC4400, providing the system control. Accompanying boards (power boards, master mother board, mother boards, daughter boards and capacitor boards) provide the functionality and interconnections for a complete customized power system solution.

The platform consists of several different boards (modules) that can be used to build up a functional power assembly. By role (or functionality) in the setup, the modules can be arranged into four categories: power boards, mother boards and master mother board, daughter boards and capacitor boards.

Infineon also provides a supporting software package. Please find additional information on how to install in the user manual.

Single-phase setup

Single-phase setup:

The basic building blocks comprising a functional power half-bridge include two power transistors (e.g. MOSFETs), gate drivers for high-side and low-side MOSFETs, and a control unit (e.g. XMC™ microcontroller). Mother boards of the modular platform provide the gate drivers for the system. A single mother board is used for any individual phase. The distinct feature of the master mother board is that it also provides the supply and direct interconnection to the control board, whereas mother boards connect to the control board indirectly via the ribbon cable through the master mother board, and do not include a supply circuit.

Single-phase setup with no paralleling:

This is the single-phase set-up that can be used as a buck or boost converter topology, with or without synchronous rectification

Consisting of:

Single-phase setup with paralleling:

Additional power boards (half-bridges) can be connected in parallel, to increase the current handling capabilities. To do this, the same number of daughter boards are required to provide connections from the MOSFETs to the gate driver on the master mother board.

Consisting of:

Multiphase setup

Multiphase setup with paralleling:

Also known as the B6 inverter, this is a three-phase system used for electric motor control. The gate drivers for the additional two phases (“W” and “V”) are provided using two mother boards. The mother boards are connected via a ribbon cable to the master mother board. The master mother board provides the gate driver for phase “U”, and extends the connections between the ribbon cable, which connects to the mother boards, and the control board outputs 

Consisting of:

Infineon Developer Center

To support you during the evaluation of your product/board, Infineon Developer Center provides you two main sections:

Software: Find all the software from Infineon

Tools: Find all tools which are getting offered by Infineon for the evaluation

Software
Tools

Key features and benefits

  • IMS PCB for increased cooling
  • Basic software with GUI
  • Test points for test bench setups
  • Scalability and versatility
  • Rapid prototyping by building blocks
  • Fast built customized solutions

Demoboard platform overview

The modular demo platform supports multiphase topologies and variable half-bridge paralleling. In combination with the XMC™ drive card a 3-phase setup can drive induction or PMSM motors of various power ratings, utilizing sensored or sensorless control drive schemes.

Low voltage drives scalable power demoboard platform
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modalImg

The platform demonstrates performance of Infineon’s power MOSFET family OptiMOS™ in the D2PAK, D2PAK 7-pin and the TO-Leadless packages, in terms of parallelization and thermal behavior. Several voltage levels are available.

The demoboard is intended to interface with Infineon’s XMC™ demoboard drive card XMC4400, providing the system control. Accompanying boards (power boards, master mother board, mother boards, daughter boards and capacitor boards) provide the functionality and interconnections for a complete customized power system solution.

The platform consists of several different boards (modules) that can be used to build up a functional power assembly. By role (or functionality) in the setup, the modules can be arranged into four categories: power boards, mother boards and master mother board, daughter boards and capacitor boards.

Infineon also provides a supporting software package. Please find additional information on how to install in the user manual.

Single-phase setup

Single-phase setup:

The basic building blocks comprising a functional power half-bridge include two power transistors (e.g. MOSFETs), gate drivers for high-side and low-side MOSFETs, and a control unit (e.g. XMC™ microcontroller). Mother boards of the modular platform provide the gate drivers for the system. A single mother board is used for any individual phase. The distinct feature of the master mother board is that it also provides the supply and direct interconnection to the control board, whereas mother boards connect to the control board indirectly via the ribbon cable through the master mother board, and do not include a supply circuit.

Single-phase setup with no paralleling:

This is the single-phase set-up that can be used as a buck or boost converter topology, with or without synchronous rectification

Consisting of:

Single-phase setup with paralleling:

Additional power boards (half-bridges) can be connected in parallel, to increase the current handling capabilities. To do this, the same number of daughter boards are required to provide connections from the MOSFETs to the gate driver on the master mother board.

Consisting of:

Multiphase setup

Multiphase setup with paralleling:

Also known as the B6 inverter, this is a three-phase system used for electric motor control. The gate drivers for the additional two phases (“W” and “V”) are provided using two mother boards. The mother boards are connected via a ribbon cable to the master mother board. The master mother board provides the gate driver for phase “U”, and extends the connections between the ribbon cable, which connects to the mother boards, and the control board outputs 

Consisting of:

Infineon Developer Center

To support you during the evaluation of your product/board, Infineon Developer Center provides you two main sections:

Software: Find all the software from Infineon

Tools: Find all tools which are getting offered by Infineon for the evaluation

Software
Tools

Key features and benefits

  • IMS PCB for increased cooling
  • Basic software with GUI
  • Test points for test bench setups
  • Scalability and versatility
  • Rapid prototyping by building blocks
  • Fast built customized solutions