Motor drivers

The DRV2511-Q1 device is a high current haptic driver specifically designed for inductive loads, such as solenoids and voice coils. The output stage of the DRV2511-Q1 device consists of a full H-bridge capable of delivering 8 A of peak current. The DRV2511-Q1 device provides protection functions such as undervoltage lockout, over-current protection and over-temperature protection. The DRV2511-Q1 device is automotive qualified.

The DRV2510-Q1 device is a high current haptic driver specifically designed for inductive loads, such as solenoids and voice coils. The output stage consists of a full H-bridge capable of delivering 3 A of peak current. The DRV2510-Q1 device provides protection functions such as undervoltage lockout, over-current protection and over-temperature protection. The DRV2510-Q1 device is automotive qualified. The integrated load-dump protection reduces external voltage clamp cost and size, and the onboard load diagnostics report the status of the actuator through the digital interface.

The DRV8251A device is an integrated motor driver with N-channel H-bridge, charge pump, current sense feedback, current regulation, and protection circuitry. The charge pump improves efficiency by supporting N-channel MOSFET half bridges and 100% duty cycle driving. An internal current mirror architecture on the IPROPI pin implements current sensing and regulation. This eliminates the need for a large power shunt resistor, saving board area and reducing system cost. The IPROPI current-sense output allows a microcontroller to detect motor stall or changes in load conditions. The external voltage reference pin, VREF, determines the threshold of current regulation during start-up and stall events without interaction from a microcontroller. A low-power sleep mode achieves ultra-low quiescent current draw by shutting down most of the internal circuitry. Internal protection features include supply undervoltage lockout, output overcurrent, and device overtemperature. The DRV8251A is part of a family of devices which come in pin-to-pin, scalable RDS(on) and supply voltage options to support various loads and supply rails with minimal design changes. See Section 5 for information on the devices in this family. View the full portfolio of brushed motor drivers on ti.com.

The DRV3256-Q1 family of devices are highly-integrated three phase gate drivers for 48-V automotive motor drive applications. These devices are specifically designed to support high-power motor drive applications by providing 2-A peak source and 2.5-A peak sink gate drive currents, and 90-V MOSFET transient over voltage support. A highly efficient bootstrap architecture is used to minimize power losses and self-heating of the gate drivers. A charge pump allows for the gate drivers to support 100% PWM duty cycle control. A wide range of diagnostics, monitoring, and protection features supports a robust motor drive system design. A highly configurable Active Short Circuit (ASC) function which enables selected external MOSFETs is integrated to achive the fast response to system faults and to eliminate the needs of external components. Three or single low-side current shunt amplifiers are optionally provided to support resistor based low-side current sensing.

The UCC27284 is a robust N-channel MOSFET driver with a maximum switch node (HS) voltage rating of 100 V. It allows for two N-channel MOSFETs to be controlled in half-bridge or synchronous buck configuration-based topologies. Its 3-A peak source and sink current along with low pull-up and pull-down resistance allows the UCC27284 to drive large power MOSFETs with minimum switching losses during the transition of the MOSFET Miller plateau. Since the inputs are independent of the supply voltage, UCC27284 can be used in conjunction with both analog and digital controllers. Two inputs, and therefore outputs, can be overlapped, if needed, in applications such as secondary side full-bridge synchronous rectification. The input pins as well as the HS pin are able to tolerate significant negative voltage, which improves system robustness. The enable and disable functionality provides additional system flexibility by reducing the gate driver power consumption and quickly responds to fault events within the system. 5-V UVLO allows systems to operate at lower bias voltages, which is necessary in many high frequency applications and improves system efficiency in certain operating modes. Small propagation delay and delay matching specifications minimize the dead-time requirement which further improves efficiency. Undervoltage lockout (UVLO) is provided for both the high-side and low-side driver stages forcing the outputs low if the VDD voltage is below the specified threshold. An integrated bootstrap diode eliminates the need for an external discrete diode in many applications, which saves board space and reduces system cost. UCC27284 is offered in a small package enabling high density designs.

The UCC5871-Q1 device is an isolated, highly configurable single-channel gate driver targeted to drive high power SiC MOSFETs and IGBTs in EV/HEV applications. Power transistor protections, such as shunt-resistor–based overcurrent, NTC-based overtemperature, and DESAT detection, include selectable soft turn-off or two-level turn-off during these faults. To further reduce the application size, the UCC5871-Q1 integrates a 4-A active Miller clamp during switching, and an active gate pulldown while the driver is unpowered. An integrated 10-bit ADC enables monitoring of up to six analog inputs and the gate driver temperature for enhanced system management. Diagnostics and detection functions are integrated to simplify the design of ASIL-D compliant systems. The parameters and thresholds for these features are configurable using the SPI interface, which allows the device to be used with nearly any SiC MOSFET or IGBT.

The UCC27624-Q1 is a dual-channel, high-speed, low-side gate driver that effectively drives MOSFET, IGBT, SiC, and GaN power switches. UCC27624-Q1 has a typical peak drive strength of 5 A, which reduces rise and fall times of the power switches, lowers switching losses, and increases efficiency. The device’s fast propagation delay (17-ns typical) yields better power stage efficiency by improving the deadtime optimization, pulse width utilization, control loop response, and transient performance of the system. UCC27624-Q1 can handle –10 V at its inputs, which improves robustness in systems with moderate ground bouncing. The inputs are independent of supply voltage and can be connected to most controller outputs for maximum control flexibility. An independent enable signal allows the power stage to be controlled independently of main control logic. In the event of a system fault, the gate driver can quickly shut-off by pulling enable low. Many high-frequency switching power supplies exhibit noise at the gate of the power device, which can get injected into the output pin on the gate driver and can cause the driver to malfunction. The device’s transient reverse current and reverse voltage capability allow it to tolerate noise on the gate of the power device or pulse-transformer and avoid driver malfunction. The UCC27624-Q1 also features undervoltage lockout (UVLO) for improved system robustness. When there is not enough bias voltage to fully enhance the power device, the gate driver output is held low by the strong internal pull down MOSFET.

TPIC2040 is a very-low noise type motor driver IC suitable for slim or ultra-slim DVD reader/writer. This IC includes integrated current sense resistance that measures SPM current and reduces drive system cost. The 7-channel driver IC controlled by serial I/F is optimum for driving a spindle motor, a sled motor, a load motor, and Focus / Tracking / Tilt actuators. The spindle motor driver uses BEMF detection for sensorless startup and control of the spindle motor As the output stage of all channels works in efficient PWM driving, it is possible to attain low-power operation by PWM control. Deadband less control is possible for a focus / tracking / tilt actuator driver. In addition, the spindle part output current limiting circuit, thermal shutdown circuit, sled-end detection circuit, actuator protection and power-reset circuit are built in.

The DRV8106-Q1 is a highly integrated half-bridge gate driver, capable of driving high-side and low-side N-channel power MOSFETs. It generates the proper gate drive voltages using an integrated doubler charge pump for the high-side and a linear regulator for the low-side. The device uses a smart gate drive architecture to reduce system cost and improve reliability. The gate driver optimizes dead time to avoid shoot-through conditions, provides control to decreasing electromagnetic interference (EMI) through adjustable gate drive current, and protects against drain to source and gate short conditions with VDS and VGS monitors. A wide common mode shunt amplifier provides inline current sensing to continuously measure motor current even during recirculating windows. The amplifier can be used in low-side or high-side sense configurations if inline sensing is not required. The DRV8106-Q1 provide an array of protection features to ensure robust system operation. These include under and overvoltage monitors for the power supply and charge pump, VDS overcurrent and VGS gate fault monitors for the external MOSFETs, offline open load and short circuit diagnostics, and internal thermal warning and shutdown protection

The DRV8424/25 are stepper motor drivers for industrial and consumer applications. The device is fully integrated with two N-channel power MOSFET H-bridge drivers, a microstepping indexer, and integrated current sensing. The DRV8424 is capable of driving up to 2.5-A full-scale output current; and the DRV8425 is capable of driving up to 2-A full-scale output current (dependent on PCB design). The DRV8424/25 use an internal current sense architecture to eliminate the need for two external power sense resistors, saving PCB area and system cost. The devices use an internal PWM current regulation scheme selectable between smart tune, slow and mixed decay options. Smart tune automatically adjusts for optimal current regulation, compensates for motor variation and aging effects and reduces audible noise from the motor. A simple STEP/DIR interface allows an external controller to manage the direction and step rate of the stepper motor. The device can be configured in full-step to 1/256 microstepping. A low-power sleep mode is provided using a dedicated nSLEEP pin. Protection features are provided for supply undervoltage, charge pump faults, overcurrent, short circuits, and overtemperature. Fault conditions are indicated by the nFAULT pin