Electronic – Driver selection for driving multiple MOSFETs

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enter image description hereI am currently working on one of the BLDC drive applications.Due to higher current requirements it is planned to use multiple MOSFETs in parallel to distribute the current among themselves.

Here I wanted to know whether the gate-drive current from the driver I am using is sufficient or not. Could somebody give hints or procedure to make sure the driver you have chosen is right one? (You may consider example values as
Vdriver(max)=12V,
Vdriver(min)=0V,
I_driver(max)=2A,
MOSFET gate charge=150nC,
No. of MOSFETs in parallel=3,
Switching frequency = 16kHz.

I hope these are the basic parameters to do the analysis. Assume if you need anything else.

Best Answer

Generally when paralleling MOSFETs, it's best to use a separate driver for each FET. Each FET adds more capacitive load, which slows down the edges at the fixed current the gate driver can provide. Since dissipation is a issue, else you wouldn't be using multiple FETs in parallel in the first place, fast gate transitions are probably important.

Each FET will also have a little different gate threshold voltage, so the capacitive coupling from the drain will effect each a little differently. It is better to let each FET do its own thing, working against its own series gate resistor.