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Old 01-13-2012, 08:08 AM   #5426 (permalink)
sawickm
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Originally Posted by DJBecker View Post
By "clamp" I mean using spring heat sink clips e.g. MAXCLIP08G. We clean the back of the MOSFET, polish the bus bar, spread a little anti-oxidant grease, and screw down using a hole drilled and tapped into the bus bar.
Ok, you are using the same technique that Paul uses on his MOSFET/Busbar assembly.

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Each MOSFET has the tiny gate drive connection board slid onto its leads, then the source pin is soldered to a tinned copper strip that makes the connection to the adjacent bus bar.
Do you have to worry about vibration cracking the solder joint from the soldered source pin - copper strip - busbar connection? I might not be visualizing that correctly?

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I think I've posted the board outline of the gate driver and STM32 controller boards before, but I'll do it again this evening if there is interest.
You did post info on your gate driver, but I don't remember seeing your STM32 controller PCB. I would be interested in seeing your controller PCB, and your assembled unit too.

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-Mark
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