Hi Goldsmith and FvM,
Thank you very much for your timely replies. I'm new to hardware and prototyping. A lot of what little I have learnt so far has come from reading the discussions on edaboard. I appreciate your time in helping me.
Goldsmith, could you please explain the need for a larger capacitance? I used the formula for bootstrap capacitor requirement as given in the application note and got a figure in the nF scale. And I have used a uF level cap here. Could you elaborate on the theory if it's not too much trouble?
FvM, what is a bad measurement setup? Do you mean the settings in the oscilloscope? Do you have any material on a good circuit layout? I could do with some pointers.
I haven't been able to work on my circuit for a day now. I will post the circuit layout as well as the oscilloscope captures in a couple of days. I will be glad to receive your feedback once I do so. Apologies for the delay, once again.
Many thanks!