Questions tagged [totem-pole]
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Why doesn't shoot-through occur on totem-pole structure?
I'm designing a totem-pole by BJTs in order to drive a MOSFET. I studied on several online examples and built up my circuit according to what I understood from them. However, there is a detail which ...
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Difference between push-pull and totem-pole
I can't understand/see the difference between a push-pull and a totem-pole output.
Push-pull:
Totem-pole:
Do these circuits have a transistor in the input for something like "double ...
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Active pull-down in LSTTL totem-pole output
The lower totem-pole transistor of a LSTTL IC frequently has an active pull-down from base to emitter (ground). Here is an example from TI's SN74LS93 datasheet.
I was curious how this active pull ...
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TTL NAND gate (totem pole) current and voltage analysis
I am working on a few practice problems for my course and I am unsure about my working throughout.
hoping for some feedback and guidance from the community as it's not my strongest topic.
Here is ...
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Totem Pole / Push Pull Circuit is not working properly
I have a simple switching circuit around 500Hz with 120V supply using Push Pull mosfet with high resistive load showed below
but the output was not as expected, like this
the blue line is the ...
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Driving a 12V LED strip with an Arduino
I have 60 watt LED strip I want to control with an Arduino (the Genuino Mega 2560 actually). I found this tutorial which shows you how to do it for a white LED strip, but I am not sure whether I can ...
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Original 555 timer transistor output implementation
I am a beginner casual electronics hobbyist trying to learn about how chips work internally. In order to accomplish, this I went out and got a 555 timer soldering kit and started experimenting with it....
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Some Advice on a Failed Totem-Pole Circuit
I'm adapting a pre-existing circuit based on an ATTiny13. The original circuit has PWM output pins from the ATTiny either sourcing or sinking current for the centre point of two standard LEDs in ...
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High-voltage totem pole driver
I have the following MOSFET driver circuits for high side P-channel MOSFETs. The circuit works for supply voltages up to 20 V. It gives some satisfactory results for its range, but I would like for it ...
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Using cascaded totem-pole structures to supply more current for gate driving
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I want to drive a totem-pole structure with a logic gate. The problem is, the logic gate can only supply 8.8mA output sink/source ...
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Totem pole MOSFET driver does not turn off
I'm trying to drive a 12-24 V DC motor with MCU PWM output. My design is based on a totem pole gate driver
First I use a voltage divider to provide the full-on gate voltage (10 V) for my power MOSFET.
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How to generate opposing outputs at 24V from 3.3V control signal
We have a set of 4 control signals at 3.3V.
For each of these control signals, we want to generate a pair of output signals. For example, if \$control_1\$ is high, then \$out_1\$ is 24V and \$out_1inv\...
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Selecting PFC topology
I'm considering different PFC topologies for the AC-DC stage of a device around 1 kW with aim of optimizing for efficiency and secondarily component size. This far I have identified following options:
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BJT circuit with totem pole output
In the circuit above, I don't understand how to close and open the BJT that I circled.
To be specific, I think that when I give input 1 the circled BJT should be opened, but how? What is the voltage ...
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Criticize Totem pole + Level Shifter topology
I'm designing a FET gate driver that allows 1.8V MCUs to control FETs up to 100kHz.
FETs to be used will vary a lot so I'd like to have as much current drive as I can.
I need it to be based on ...
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Can I create a totem-pole structure by using two optocouplers?
I have two optocouplers. One of them uses NPN transistor and the other one uses PNP. Each of them explicitly give the base pin of their BJTs out. Can I make a totem pole structure by connecting them ...
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Inverter Mosfet Driving with Isolated Totempole Supply
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I'm trying to make an inverter and I'm driving my mosfets with totempole configuration, the thing that confuses my mind is:
Totempole ...
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The resistor is over heated in my totem pole circuit
This is my totem pole circuit:
It works well, but R32 is too hot.
This is scope:
I changed R32, R34to 470 ohm, but I got the same result:
I think the resistor value is the problem. How can I fix ...
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Gate Driver Circuit Gives Unexpected Results!
I have designed around the LM5106MM/NOPB gate driver. Used two IPB017N10N5ATMA1 N-CHANNEL MOSFETS. This circuit has actually been used in another design in production by a engineering group beyond my ...
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Totem pole vs open collector configuration
Can anyone please explain for power consumption view point only whether totem pole or open collector should be preferred with a bit explanation?
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Achieving higher current at the lowside MOSFET to pulse LED
I have attached the following circuits which i have been developing overtime.
The OBJECTIVE is to get as high as possible a current at the gate of the MOSFET (VF1) to achieve faster pulse times of ...
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EGS002 48 to 220 V inverter using IGBTs [closed]
I'm trying to build a 48 to 220 V inverter using IGBTs.
The problem is that when I put on a resistive load (1500 W tea kettle) it works fine, but when I put on a inductive/capacitive load (1000 W arc ...
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Totem pole driver topology (inverting amp)
Hello guys this question is regarding a gap in my knowledge regarding transistors specifically the driver of the totem pole configuration. Based on the following figure
And these results here:
When ...
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High speed parameters for transistor [closed]
How to choose a Bipolar Junction Transistor (BJT) for a switching frequency of 400KHz.
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36V P-MOS - PWM driver circuit - totem pole - reduce BJT peak power
I want to use a totem pole BJT driver for a P-channel MOSFET.
Various google searches brought me to the following circuit:
In Olin Lathrop's answer to this question it is quite well described.
pull-...
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Totem pole Bjt based Mosfet Gate driver
I need to design a totem bole bjt based gate driver for Mosfet IRF640, which is going to be used in a Buck converter.
I know the peak gate charging current= 1A.
I've already selected my ...
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Reproducing ST Design Gate Driver
I try to reproduce the buck-boost converter from the "STM32F334 Discovery" board.
Therefore I have drawn a KiCad Schematic and assigned the appropriate spice models.
But unfortunately, I'm ...
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MOSFET keeps dying on totem pole driver
I am designing a 3-phase motor driver for a 300 W hoverboard motor with a Raspberry Pi Pico, which has 3.3 V logic, for driving the MOSFETs I am using a discrete totem pole driver on the n channel ...
