I have a HIP4082 full bridge MOSFET driver driver driving a full bridge. After some experimenting with the circuit prototype i found out that the driver heats up to over 60 °C after a short while of running, which concerned me but it worked fine. However as I decreased impedance across the load (which was originally connected to primary coil of a transformer) the driver started acting in a weird way and i found out that it has blown out. This is already the second driver i destroyed this way and they're expensive as hell, so I need a solution.
I think what's causing the driver to blow out is that when I decrease impedance across the load I basically create a short circuit between the driver's bootstrap pin and ground, which kills it. By adding a resistor across the load or the whole bridge and ground, I could easily solve the issue, however I do need low impedance on the load because I need high current (up to 20A).
I thought about adding a resistor across the driver's bootstrap line, but I have concerns about it affecting the bootstrapping functionality.
EDIT: I'm actually using IGBTs in place of MOSFETs (specifically IRGPS4067DPBF) Also I'm not posting a layout because the full bridge is not on a PCB but it's simply bridge-soldered to the driver circuit. The full bridge operates at 150 kHz square wave.Both circuit and load voltage is 12v
Also here's my circuit schematic: The full bridge is connected as in the driver's datasheet, except the feedback loop and shunt resistor: