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From: john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com>
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Subject: Re: LTSpice model for a SiC MOSFET
Date: Wed, 21 May 2025 08:37:12 -0700
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On Wed, 21 May 2025 09:42:11 -0400, "Edward Rawde"
<invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote:

>"Bill Sloman" <bill.sloman@ieee.org> wrote in message news:100jsf2$2n1hq$2@dont-email.me...
>> On 21/05/2025 3:44 am, Edward Rawde wrote:
>>> "Bill Sloman" <bill.sloman@ieee.org> wrote in message news:100ibpi$2at8a$2@dont-email.me...
>>>> On 20/05/2025 11:38 pm, Edward Rawde wrote:
>>>>> "Bill Sloman" <bill.sloman@ieee.org> wrote in message news:100hb9s$24itl$3@dont-email.me...
>>>>>> On 20/05/2025 4:26 am, Edward Rawde wrote:
>>>>>>> "Bill Sloman" <bill.sloman@ieee.org> wrote in message news:100epio$1h4ca$1@dont-email.me...
>>>>>>>> On 19/05/2025 1:38 pm, john larkin wrote:
>>>>>>>>> On Mon, 19 May 2025 12:23:54 +1000, Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org>
>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On 19/05/2025 12:15 am, john larkin wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> On Sun, 18 May 2025 18:11:58 +1000, Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org>
>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> I'm looking at a problem where somebody wants to step down a 1kV low
>>>>>>>>>>>> current source to 3.3V.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> The Baxandall class-D oscillator could do it, but it needs a pair 1.7kV
>>>>>>>>>>>> MOSFETs for the job. The Infineon SiC IMH170R450M1 would do it - though
>>>>>>>>>>>> it's a much higher current part (10A) than the job needs (about 1mA).
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> I've dived into the Infineon rabbit-hole which promises LTSpice models,
>>>>>>>>>>>> but wasn't able to find one.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Does anybody know of a similar - ideally cheaper and smaller - part for
>>>>>>>>>>>> which there is an LTSpice model?
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> I use a Cree/Wolfspeed 1200v part, C2M0280120D, in my Pockels Cell
>>>>>>>>>>> driver.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/5arhyamrp0bl3tgb2fasn/DSC02771.JPG?rlkey=3ttcc2yt6s9nrtdouuv3aneol&raw=1
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> They do have an LT Spice model library that works.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Gate drive for SiC parts is a bear. I did it myself, but I think there
>>>>>>>>>>> are chips for that now.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> There are multi-kilovolt silicon mosfets too.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Baxandal looks to be inefficient and expensive as a low power
>>>>>>>>>>> converter. The drain swing is 2x the supply voltage, and it needs two
>>>>>>>>>>> fets and a difficult custom transformer.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> It isn't going to be inefficient. That configuration is famous efficient.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> The drain swing is actually 1.67 times the supply voltage, but it does
>>>>>>>>>> need two switching devices and a specially wound transformer (and we
>>>>>>>>>> know how reluctant you are to design them or get them made).
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> It is probably going to be too expensive for the application, and we'd
>>>>>>>>>> be grateful for your insights into a cheaper alternative. I can't think
>>>>>>>>>> of one.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I'm not sure what the specs are, but I have a few ideas.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> One could make a flyback converter with a high-ratio transformer.
>>>>>>>>> Coilcraft makes some, capacitor charging transformers and CCFLs. There
>>>>>>>>> must be crazy cheap Indian or Chinese CCFL transformers.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> ST makes a 1400v NPN transistor for under a dollar.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> But you can't be bothered to post the part number.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> What you should have said is that you couldn't be bothered to use a search engine.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I need at least 1.7kV. A 1400V part isn't interesting.
>>>>>
>>>>> Centuries ago they'd put two transistors in series in the TV horizontal deflection department because a single one didn't have
>>>>> enough Vce max.
>>>>
>>>> The transistor was invented in the 1950's. Decades ago is closer to the mark.
>>>
>>> LOL sane people would have known what I meant without needing to point that out Bill.
>>
>> Sane people don't say "centuries" when they mean "decades".
>
>Does the word "hyperbole" mean anything to you Bill?

He's obviously unwell.