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The reason for inserting a resistor in series with a bootstrap capacitor is often to reduce the slew rate during switching rising in order to reduce noise. If noise is an issue, one can consider adding such a resistor, but the longer rise time will mean that switching loss increases, and so it will be necessary to check the power supply efficiency and temperature increases.