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Application note C snubber circuit design for TIA Introduction When a TIAC controls inductive loads, the mains voltage and the load current are not in phase. To limit the slope of the reapplied voltage and ensure right TIAC turn-off, designer usually used a snubber circuit connected in parallel with the TIAC. This circuit can also be used to improve TIAC immunity to fast transient voltages. The subject of this paper is, first of all, to analyze the snubber circuit functions and to propose a method for snubber circuit design in order to improve turn-off commutation. Contents 1 nubber circuit functions and drawback........................ 1.1 Turn-off improvement......................................... 1.1.1 TIAC turn-off reminder..................................... 1.1. nubber circuit benefit at TIAC turn-off......................... 3 1. Overvoltage limitation at turn-off................................ 4 1.3 Immunity to fast voltage transient improvement..................... 5 1.4 Turn-on stress due to snubber circuit discharge..................... 5 How to design snubber circuit for turn-off improvement........... 7.1 tep response of an C series circuit........................... 7. C snubber circuit design..................................... 9..1 Is the snubber circuit required?................................ 9.. esistor and capacitor snubber circuit design.................... 1 3 Conclusion................................................ 14 Appendix A C series circuit step response explanation................ 15 evision history.................................................... 17 October 7 ev 1/18 www.st.com

nubber circuit functions and drawback AN437 1 nubber circuit functions and drawback 1.1 Turn-off improvement 1.1.1 TIAC turn-off reminder When a TIAC switches from on-state to off-state, the current passes through zero and the supply voltage is reapplied instantaneously across the structure. In certain conditions, the component is not able to block this voltage and then turns on spontaneously. Indeed, a TIAC can be compared to two Thyristors mounted in back-to-back and coupled with a single control area. To trigger the two Thyristors, the control area overlaps the two conduction areas. During the conduction time, a certain quantity of charges is injected into the structure. These charges disappear by recombination during the current decrease and by extraction after the turn-off with the reverse recovery current (refer to Figure 1). Nonetheless, an excess of charge remains, particularly in the neighboring regions of the gate, which can induce the triggering of the other conduction area when the mains voltage is reapplied across the TIAC (refer to Figure ). Figure 1. TIAC turn-off on inductive load - suitable turn-off Figure. TIAC turn-off on inductive load - spurious triggering dv/dt OFF V Mains (1 V/div) V T (1 V/div) V T (5 V/div) ecovery current I T (1 ma/div) di/dt OFF I T (1 ma/div) A spurious triggering depends on: The slope of the decreasing current, called the turn-off di/dt or di/dt OFF. This parameter determines the quantity of charges which remains, when the current drops to zero, and which could be injected in the gate area or in the opposite Thyristor. The slope of the reapplied voltage, called the turn-off dv/dt or dv/dt OFF. This parameter defines the capacitive current which could be injected through the gate. /18

nubber circuit functions and drawback 1.1. nubber circuit benefit at TIAC turn-off The TIAC turn-off behavior is characterized by the datasheet curve between the critical rate of decrease of commutating on-state current ((di/dt)c) and the critical rate of rise of commutation off-state voltage ((dv/dt)c) (refer to Figure 3). These parameters are specified for the maximum operating junction temperature (worst case). In practice, the current waveform, and thus the slope of the decreasing current, is imposed by the load. The user can then only limit the slope of the reapplied voltage. Indeed, by adding an snubber circuit across the TIAC, the circuit time response is increased and thus, dv/dt OFF is decreased (refer to Figure 3). Figure 3. (di/dt)c versus (dv/dt)c curve for Z1 standard TIA and snubber circuit impact oad C I T Area of spurious firing at commutation V Mains V T afe area Operating point with C snubber Operating point An C snubber circuit must be used when there is a risk of TIAC spurious triggering, i.e. when the di/dt OFF -dv/dt OFF couple, measured in the application, is higher than the TIAC datasheet values, (di/dt)c at a given (dv/dt)c. Figure 4 shows the turn-off behavior of a Z13 standard TIAC which controls a 6 W drain pump. Without snubber circuit and for the maximum junction temperature (11 C), a spurious triggering appears at turn-off. Indeed, the measured (di/dt) OFF and (dv/dt) OFF values, equal respectively to.13 A/ms and 1 V/µs, are higher than the guarantee (di/dt)c - (dv/dt)c point (only 7 V/µs @.13 A/ms, see Figure 3). Thanks to an C snubber circuit (1 nf and.7 kω), the slope of the reapplied voltage can be limited to 1.5 V/µs and thus spurious triggering at turn-off can be avoided (see Figure 3 and Figure 4). 3/18

nubber circuit functions and drawback AN437 Figure 4. Z13 TIAC turn-off on inductive load without and with snubber circuit (C = 1 nf and =.7 kω) Without snubber :dv/dt OFF I T (5 ma/div) With snubber V T (1 V/div) The snubber circuit design, detailed in ection : How to design snubber circuit for turn-off improvement, is a trade-off between the maximum peak off-state voltage under pulse conditions (V DM / V M ), the critical slope of reapplied voltage ((dv/dt)c) and the turn-on stress (di/dt). When low load inductances are controlled or, low damping factor or low slope of reapplied voltage are considered, the snubber circuit design can lead to choose a low snubber resistance value. To reduce the snubber capacitance discharge at turn-on, the resistance value is limited to a minimum value (refer to ection 1.4). 1. Overvoltage limitation at turn-off When a TIAC controls low root-mean-square currents inductive loads, an overvoltage could occur when the current reaches the holding current (I H ) (refer to Figure 5). If the maximum value of the overvoltage (V M ) exceeds the maximum peak off-state voltage under pulse conditions (V DM / V M ), the TIAC may conduct without any gate current or may be even damaged. The protections against overvoltage at turn-off are: A clamping strategy - use a varistor or an ACTM / ACT (refer to AN117 about protected AC witch ). A damping strategy - a snubber circuit. An C snubber circuit limits the slope of the voltage rise and could maintain the overvoltage at a lower value than the maximum allowed value. Figure 5. Overvoltage at TIAC turn-off with and without snubber circuit (C = 1 nf and =.7 kω) V M = 66 V I T ( ma/div) Without snubber I H V M = 14 V With snubber V T (1 V/div) 4/18

nubber circuit functions and drawback 1.3 Immunity to fast voltage transient improvement Electrical noise may appear on the mains and generates across the TIAC fast voltage variations, as described in IEC 61-4-4 standard. Fast voltage variations can create a gate current (I G ), due to the junction capacitance between A and the gate, and could trigger the TIAC. The maximum rate of rise of offstate voltage that a TIAC is able to withstand without turning on is called the static dv/dt. A spurious triggering due to static dv/dt is not dangerous for a component. The aim of the snubber circuit is to reduce the static dv/dt at a lower level than the dv/dt specified in the datasheet to avoid spurious triggering. An C snubber circuit improves the TIAC immunity against fast voltage transients. For example, regarding to the standard IEC 61-4-4, a Z19 standard TIAC has a typical immunity level of about.7 kv, without any snubber circuit. With a snubber circuit (1 nf and 47 Ω), the Z19 immunity level can reach 4. kv. Designers must manage the following trade-off to choose the suitable C snubber circuit: educe dv/dt rates: the snubber capacitance must be high and the snubber resistance must be low; educe di/dt rate at turn-on (refer to ection 1.4): the snubber capacitance must be low and the snubber resistance must be high. 1.4 Turn-on stress due to snubber circuit discharge The snubber circuit design can lead to low resistance value. However, the snubber resistor reduces the rate of current rise at turn-on (di/dt ON ) during the capacitor discharge. An higher di/dt ON than the di/dt specified in the datasheet may damage the TIAC. The rate of current rise is directly proportional to the initial capacitance voltage and inversely proportional to the series inductances of the board and the snubber resistor. The rate of current rise depends also on the turn-on speed of the TIAC, the triggering quadrants and the gate current amplitude. o, there is no simple way to predict the rate of current rise. Usually, the inductance of the circuit layout is very low, in the range of few nh. Indeed, to optimize the snubber circuit efficiency, the snubber circuit must be located very close to the TIAC (tracks length lower than cm). From datasheet specifications, there are three ranges of maximum di/dt: di/dt = A/µs: for low current rating of TIA (.8 A and 1 A). di/dt = 5 A/µs: for the other TIA (4 A up to 4 A). di/dt = 1 A/µs: for some ACTs (6 A up to 1 A). To keep the di/dt ON below 5 A/µs for TIA and below 1 A/µs for ACTs, the snubber resistance must be typically higher than 47 Ω (refer to Figure 6). For a A/µs maximum di/dt, the minimum resistance value is about 6 Ω. Therefore, depending on the component used, some tests should be performed to define accurately the minimum resistance value. 5/18

nubber circuit functions and drawback AN437 Figure 6. Typical snubber circuit discharge (C = 1 nf and = 47 Ω) with BTA/BTB16 TIAC at peak mains voltage (quadrant 3, I G = x I GT ) I T (1 A/div) di/dt ON =5A/µs I Max. V T (1 V/div) V Max. = 3 V 6/18

How to design snubber circuit for turn-off improvement How to design snubber circuit for turn-off improvement.1 tep response of an C series circuit The C snubber circuit makes up a resonant circuit with an inductive load (refer and on Figure 7). At turn-off, the snubber circuit limits the slope of the reapplied voltage (dv/dt OFF ) but generates an overvoltage (V P ). The snubber circuit design results in a tradeoff to respect both the reapplied voltage slope ((dv/dt)c) and the maximum peak off-state voltage under pulse conditions (V DM / V M ). The electrical circuit analyzed in this paragraph is given by Figure 7. Figure 7. Application circuit and its equivalent diagram at turn-off Application circuit oad Equivalent diagram at turn-off oad V Mains G I G I T V T C V E I T V T C V For a second order linear differential equation with a step function input, the voltage variation across the snubber capacitance (V (t)) and the TIAC (V T (t)) is given by: Equation 1 1 ω Equation With damping factor: Equation 3 d V dt (t). ξ dv (t) + + V ω dt dv (t) VT (t) = C + V dt (t) (t) = E ( ξ = + ) ( Ω ) C (F ) (H) Undamped natural resonance: Equation 4 ω (rad / s ) = (H ) 1 C (F ) 7/18

How to design snubber circuit for turn-off improvement AN437 Final voltage value: Equation 5 E = VM sin( ϕ) with sin( ϕ) = ω + ( ω) V M : mains rms voltage nubber circuit divider ratio: Equation 6 M = + By solving the second order linear differential equation according to the damping factor and initial conditions (refer to Appendix A: C series circuit step response explanation), two diagrams can be defined. These diagrams give the slope of the voltage rise (dv/dt OFF ) and the peak voltage (V P ) according to the damping factor (ξ) and the load resistance (M) (refer to Figure 8). The voltage rise slope (dv/dt OFF ) is defined as the maximum instantaneous voltage rise slope. Figure 8. Trade-off between normalized peak voltage (Z = VP/E), normalized voltage rise slope (K = dv/dt OFF /(E x ω )) according to damping factor (ξ) and the divider ratio (M) 1.9 1.8 1.7 1.6 1.5 1.4 1.3 1. 1.1 Z = V /E P M decreases Damping factor: ξ 1..4.6.8 1 1. 1.4 1.6 1.8 M = 1 M =.75 M =.5 M =.5 M =. 1.8 1.6 1.4 1. 1.8.6.4. K = dv/dt /(E x ) OFF ω M decreases Damping factor: ξ..4.6.8 1 1. 1.4 1.6 1.8 M=1 M =.75 M =.5 M =.5 M= As shown on these two diagrams, the load resistance () helps to reduce dv/dt OFF and V P. The load impact is significant if the damping factor is higher than.. 8/18

How to design snubber circuit for turn-off improvement. C snubber circuit design..1 Is the snubber circuit required? Without snubber circuit, the slope of reapplied voltage is limited by the TIAC capacitance between anode and cathode junction. The oscillating circuit is constituted by the load, and, and the internal capacitance, C T, of the TIAC. For example, the typical internal capacitances of 1 A, 1 A and 4 A TIA are respectively 1 pf, 9 pf and 18 pf (without direct voltage junction polarisation, worst case). Without snubber circuit and for most part of inductive loads, the damping factor (ξ) is generally lower than 1. For an underdamped oscillating circuit ( ξ < 1), the voltage variation across the TIAC (V T (t)) is: Equation 7 ξ ω VT (t) = E - E cos( ωp t) + ωp With damped natural resonance: Equation 8 ω = ω. 1- ξ p For example, in the case of a 6 W drain pump ( =.4 H and = 19 Ω at 5 Hz) controlled by a Z13 TIAC (C T = 1 pf), the damping factor is close to zero (ξ =.1 x 1-4 ). For low damping factor, the normalized voltage rise slope K is equal to 1 (refer to Figure 8, lower graph). The maximum slope of reapplied voltage across the TIAC is then: Equation 9 dv / dt V sin( ω p t). e M ( V ) -6 OFF ( V / µ s ) = 1 (H ) C sin( ϕ) T (F ) -ξ ω t According to this formula, the estimated dv/dt OFF is equal to 59 V/µs without snubber circuit. As shown in Figure 9, the measured dv/dt OFF is in fact about 1 V/µs. The error between the Equation 9 result and real value is due to the fact that we didn t take into account the load inductance saturation (real value is higher at low current), the parallel parasitic capacitor of the load, the recovery current and the load resistance increase with frequency. Moreover, the turn-off measurement is done with a voltage probe which adds a 1 pf capacitor across the TIAC. o, the measured dv/dt OFF is always lower than the theoretical value, given by Equation 9. 9/18

How to design snubber circuit for turn-off improvement AN437 Figure 9. Z13 TIAC turn-off on inductive load (6 W drain pump) without snubber circuit and in transient operating V Mains (1 V/div) V P = 35 V dv/dt OFF = 1 V/µs V T (1 V/div) di/dt OFF =.13 A/ms I T (1 ma/div) An C snubber circuit must be used when there is a risk of TIAC spurious triggering, i.e. when the measured di/dt OFF and dv/dt OFF values are higher than the specified (di/dt)c and (dv/dt)c values. In our application case and for the worst case load conditions (transient operating), the measured (di/dt) OFF and (dv/dt) OFF values are equal respectively to.13 A/ms and 1 V/µs. These values are higher than the specified (di/dt)c and (dv/dt)c values, see ection 1.1.. Thanks to an C snubber circuit, rated in the next paragraph, the slope of the reapplied voltage could be limited and thus spurious triggering at turn-off could be avoided... esistor and capacitor snubber circuit design The snubber circuit design depends on the damping factor (ξ). When ξ decreases, the snubber resistor and capacitor values decrease but the peak voltage and snubber circuit discharge current increase. Maximum instantaneous dv/dt OFF occurs at a time later than t = when ξ is lower than.5. When ξ increases, the snubber resistor and capacitor values increase and the voltage overshoot decreases. The maximum instantaneous dv/dt OFF occurs at t = when ξ is higher than.5. ow damping factors are recommended. Indeed, thanks to the high voltage capability of TIA, the snubber circuit can be optimized to reduce the capacitor value and, in the same way, reduce the snubber circuit cost. To illustrate the C snubber circuit design, a 6 W drain pump ( =.4 H and = 19 Ω at 5 Hz) controlled by a Z13 TIAC is considered. Two methods can be used to design the snubber circuit. The first method designs the C snubber circuit with load resistance consideration. The second method considers pure inductive load. The first method of C snubber circuit design is divided in four steps: 1. nubber resistance choice To limit the TIAC turn-on stress and optimize the TIAC immunity against fast voltage transients, the snubber resistance is fixed to the minimum value. For Z1 TIAC, the di/dt at turn-on is limited to A/µs. The minimum snubber resistance value is 6 Ω (refer to ection 1.4). 1/18

How to design snubber circuit for turn-off improvement Using Equation 6, the snubber circuit divider ratio M is equal to: M =.77 with = 19 Ω and = 6 Ω. Damping factor definition The snubber capacitor depends on the undamped natural resonance (ω ) and the damping factor (ξ). Consider the following modified forms of Equation 4 and Equation 3: Equation 4 modified C 1 = with ω ω Where K is the normalized voltage rise slope (refer to the lower graphic in Figure 8). Equation 3 modified C = 4 ( + ) ξ dv / dt OFF = E K From the two previous equations, the ratio between the normalized voltage rise slope (K) and the damping factor (ξ) is given by Equation 1. Figure 1, derived from the lower graph in Figure 8 gives the variation of this ratio with ξ: Equation 1 K = ξ + dv / dt E OFF For the drain pump controlled ( =.4 H and = 19 Ω at 5 Hz) and by using Equation 5, the final voltage value E is: E = 36 V for V M = 3 V and with ϕ 76 To avoid spurious triggering with Z13 TIAC, the dv/dt OFF is fixed to V/µs (lower than maximum allowed (dv/dt)c, see Figure ). Thus according to Equation 1, the ratio between the normalized voltage rise slope and the damping factor is equal to 38. Figure 1 gives then the damping factor value (ξ =.6). Figure 1. atio between normalized voltage rise slope (K = dv/dt OFF / (E x ω)) and damping factor (ξ) according to the damping factor (ξ) 1 K / ξ 38 1 1 M decreases M = 1 M = 1 M =.75 M =.5 M =.5 M = Damping factor: ξ.1.1 ξ =.6.1 1 1 11/18

How to design snubber circuit for turn-off improvement AN437 3. nubber capacitance and overvoltage calculations The snubber capacitance is given by the modified form of Equation 3: C(nF) = 4 1 9 9.9 nf with =.6 ( + ) The peak voltage is given in the upper graphic of Figure 8. A component with a 6 V capability will be suitable. V P = 1.9 E 67 V with ξ =.6. 4. C snubber circuit validation The turn-off and turn-on behaviors must be checked experimentally to validate the designed C snubber circuit. For turn-off commutation, the measured slope of the voltage rise is 1.7 V/µs (Figure 1) and is very close to the theoretical slope ( V/µs). The measured peak voltage (5 V) is lower than the calculated value (67 V) due to the C model approximations (refer to ection..1). Figure 11. Z13 TIAC turn-off on inductive load with snubber circuit (C = 1 nf and = 6 Ω) di/dt OFF I T (1 ma/div) V P = 5 V V Mains (1 V/div) dv/dt OFF = 1.7 V/µs V T (1 V/div) The second method of C snubber circuit design allows a quicker snubber capacitor choice. The capacitor is directly chosen from the load rms current (refer to Figure 1). Pure inductive loads are considered and the slope of the reapplied voltage is fixed to V/µs. For a given rms load current and according to the snubber resistance used (47 Ω or 6 Ω), the ratio between the normalized voltage rise slope (K = dv/dt OFF / (E ω )) and damping factor (ξ) is defined (refer to Equation 11). Then, as in the first snubber design method, the damping factor is given by Figure 1, the capacitor value by Equation 3 modified and the peak voltage by the upper graph of Figure 8. 1/18

How to design snubber circuit for turn-off improvement Equation 11 K dv / dt = ξ + E OFF with = I M V M π f Figure 1. nubber capacitor value and normalized peak voltage (Z = V P /E) according to the rms load current (assumptions: (dv/dt) OFF =.V/µs and pure inductive load (worst case)) 13 1 11 1 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 1 nubber capacitor value (nf) = 47 ohm = 6 ohm oad rms current: IM (A).5.5.75 1 1.5 1.5 1.75.5.5.75 3 3.5 3.5 3.75 4 Normalized peak voltage (Z = VP/E) 1.95 1.9 = 47 ohm 1.85 1.8 1.75 1.7 1.65 = 6 ohm 1.6 1.55 oad rms current: IM (A) 1.5.5.5.75 1 1.5 1.5 1.75.5.5.75 3 3.5 3.5 3.75 4 Note: For inductive load with rms current higher than 4 A, nubberless TIA are recommended. In the case of a 6 W drain pump, the rms load current is.3 A in transient operating (worst case). The corresponding snubber capacitor value is about 1 nf, like defined previously. The estimated peak voltage is 613 V. The estimated peak voltage is % higher than the measured value due to the C model approximations (refer to ection..1) and because, in the application, the load is not purely inductive and the peak voltage is limited by the load resistance. 13/18

Conclusion AN437 3 Conclusion An C snubber circuit is often used with TIA and presents different functions: Aid circuit for turn-off commutation Fast transient voltage suppressor Overvoltage limiter at turn-off commutation in case of inductive load with low rms current The C snubber circuit drawback is the turn-on stress induced by the capacitor discharge. Thanks to the high voltage capability of TIA, the snubber circuit design can be optimized in order to reduce the capacitor value and, in the same way, reduce the snubber circuit cost. Nevertheless, when low load inductances are controlled or, low damping factor or low slope of reapplied voltage are considered, the snubber circuit design can lead to choose a low snubber resistance value. To limit the snubber capacitor discharge through the TIAC at turn-on, the resistor value must be higher than a minimum value (typically 47 Ω for most TIA and ACTs). 14/18

Appendix A C series circuit step response explanation C series circuit step response explanation The C snubber circuit and the load, and, make up a resonant circuit. The electrical circuit analyzed in this Appendix is shown in Figure 13 Figure 13. Application circuit and its equivalent diagram at turn-off commutation Application circuit oad Equivalent diagram at turn-off commutation oad V Mains G I G I T V T C V E I T V T C Note: In this Appendix the equations 1 to 6 are reproduced here with the same numbering to facilitate use of this application note. For a second order linear differential equation with a step function input, the voltage variation across the snubber capacitance (V (t)) and the TIAC (V T (t)) is given by: Equation 1 ω 1 d Equation V dt With damping factor: Equation 3 (t). ξ dv (t) + + V ω dt dv (t) VT (t) = C + V dt (t) (t) = E ( ξ = + ) ( Ω ) C (F ) (H) Undamped natural resonance: Equation 4 ω (rad / s ) = (H ) 1 C (F ) 15/18

C series circuit step response explanation AN437 Final voltage value: Equation 5 E = VM sin( ϕ) with sin( ϕ) = ω + ( ω) V M : mains rms voltage nubber circuit divider ratio: Equation 6 M = + The voltage variation (V T (t)) across the TIAC depends on the damping factor coefficient. For each damping factor, the initial conditions to solve the differential equation are the same: At t = Equation 1 dv dt T = E At t = Equation 13 V T ( ) = E Note: The recovery current due to the storage charge is not considered in the initial conditions. Underdamped oscillating circuit: ξ 1 Equation 14 ξ. ω VT (t) = E - E cos( ωp t) + ( (1 - M) - 1) ωp With damped natural resonance Equation 15 sin( ωp t) e -ξ ω t ω p = ω. 1 ξ Damped oscillating circuit: ξ = 1 Equation 16 V (t) = E - E ( 1 + ( (1 - M) - 1) ω t) e T With damped natural resonance Equation 17 ω p = ω -ω t 16/18

evision history Overdamped oscillating circuit: ξ > 1 Equation 18 ξ. ω VT (t) = E - E cosh( ωp t) + ( (1 - M) - 1) ωp With damped natural resonance Equation 19 sinh( ωp t). e -ξ ω t ω = ω p. ξ 1 Thanks to these three equations and their derivatives, the variation between the peak voltage and the slope of the voltage rise can be defined according to the damping factor and the resistive load. The damping factor determines the shape of the voltage wave (refer to Figure 14). Figure 14. Voltage waves (V T (t)) for different damping factors (ξ) (assumption M = 1) 7 Triac voltage VT (t) (V) 6 5 4 3 ξ decreases 1 Time: t (µs).5.5.75 1 1.5 1.5 î = î =.5 î =.5 î =.75 î = 1 î = 1.5 E = final value When ξ is lower than.5, the voltage shape is not exponential and the maximum instantaneous slope of voltage rise occurs at a time later than t =. When ξ is equal and higher than 1, some overshoots occur even if the oscillating circuit is damped and overdamped. evision history Table 1. Document revision history Date evision Changes 1995 1 Initial release. -Oct-7 eformatted to current standards. Complete rewrite for text and graphics. Part numbers updated for current products. 17/18

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