Isolation - Understanding Silicon Labs Isolated Gate Drivers

Published: Sept. 20, 2018, 10 a.m.

This podcast captures a conversation with Joe Perch, a Senior Applications Engineer for Silicon Labs Isolated Gate Driver devices. Joe gets into details on best practices for using Isolated Gate Drivers.  These suggestions can improve your isolated FET design.

  • What exactly is a Gate driver?  Where are they used?
  • What criteria are used to determine which part # to use?
  • What are common design issues when using Gate Drivers?