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Start a Simulation[FAQ-GD-5] How can I control the turn-on and turn-off slew rate?
TBhatia
Wolfspeed Admin - Contributor Level 5
in Gate Drive
The slew rate is easily controlled with an external gate resistor between the gate driver and SiC MOSFET gate. The higher the value of the resistor, the slower the slew rate will be, but the switching losses will increase. This is a design tradeoff between EMI (dv/dt) and switching losses.
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