H-Bridge problem

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The lower gate drivers (T3/T4) are connected to +12V, the VMOTOR is 24V.
I try this design in order to avoid use of dedicated mosfet drivers like HIP4081 or IR2112, they are difficult to find and little bit expensive for my pocket.
I think that Styx have found the problem, the upper mosfet do not switch correctly and also is very slow , so I revise my design.
 

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Your MOSFET is upside down.
 
HobbyCNC said:
The lower gate drivers (T3/T4) are connected to +12V
As drawn in your original schematic, the lower gates will only go to about 4.3V, and that transition will be slow due to the series 10k resistor. Have you changed the design?
 
Hey all,
this is the new schema and it works !

Thanks to all for help !!
Lorenzo
 

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addyismad said:
irfz44n turn on at about 3.6v and not 5v....
The IRFZ44N is not even guaranteed to be on at 3.6V. The one you have may be on, but MOSFETs' threshold voltages vary widely, even for different units of the same part number. You need to consult the datasheet if you want to make a design that will work reliably with any given part. Vgs(to)=4V max, and that's at only 1ma!. Rds(on) is specified at Vgs=10V.
 
it works optimally?
Well if so, congrats!

I think that maybe a diode (or even 2 in series) should be between the transistor pairs whose bases are directly connected to each other.

See Harry's Homebrew Homepages, and check out his transistor biasing tutorial for the explanation behind it.

I find that doing that improves the waveform, and because your circuit drives a motor, making the little modification might make your circuit better.
 
mstechca said:
I think that maybe a diode (or even 2 in series) should be between the transistor pairs whose bases are directly connected to each other.
The diodes are used to reduce or eliminate crossover distortion in linear audio amplifiers.
This circuit never operates in a linear mode, it switches, so the diodes aren't necessary. This circuit uses pulse-width-modulation at a very high frequency to control the speed of its motor.

Since this circuit switches full-power pulses from the power supply with changing pulse-widths to control the motor's speed, an important design concern is "shoot-through" where both the upper and lower transistors might conduct a massive current through each other if their pulses overlap.
 

Thanks your reply

can i replace pre driver transitor, because i can't buy transiotr in your design. and how to protec mosfet sort cricuirt ?
 
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