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Intended to serve the growing push toward decarbonization using battery electric vehicles (BEVs) and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs), a development kit for an EV onboard charger (OBC) from Microchip Technology leverages a selection of its devices. These include automotive-qualified digital, analog, connectivity, and power devices like the dsPIC33C digital signal controller, the MCP14C1 isolated SiC gate driver, and mSiC MOSFETs in an industry-standard D2PAK-7L XL package.
The kit, designed to increase an OBC system’s efficiency and reliability, takes advantage of the dsPIC33 DSC’s control functions, the MCP14C1 gate driver’s high-voltage reinforced isolation and noise immunity, and the mSiC MOSFETs’ improves switching losses and better thermal management. The solution also incorporates onboard charger functionality such as communication interfaces, security, sensors, memory, and timing.
