SLVSAW5C July   2011  – November 2015 DRV8803

PRODUCTION DATA.  

  1. 1 Features
  2. 2 Applications
  3. 3 Description
  4. 4 Revision History
  5. 5 Pin Configuration and Functions
  6. 6 Specification
    1. 6.1 Absolute Maximum Ratings
    2. 6.2 ESD Ratings
    3. 6.3 Recommended Operating Conditions
    4. 6.4 Thermal Information
    5. 6.5 Electrical Characteristics
    6. 6.6 Timing Requirements
    7. 6.7 Typical Characteristics
  7. 7 Detailed Description
    1. 7.1 Overview
    2. 7.2 Functional Block Diagram
    3. 7.3 Feature Description
      1. 7.3.1 Output Drivers
      2. 7.3.2 Protection Circuits
        1. 7.3.2.1 Overcurrent Protection (OCP)
        2. 7.3.2.2 Thermal Shutdown (TSD)
        3. 7.3.2.3 Undervoltage Lockout (UVLO)
    4. 7.4 Device Functional Modes
      1. 7.4.1 Parallel Interface Operation
      2. 7.4.2 nENBL and RESET Operation
  8. 8 Application and Implementation
    1. 8.1 Application Information
    2. 8.2 Typical Application
      1. 8.2.1 Design Requirements
      2. 8.2.2 Detailed Design Procedure
        1. 8.2.2.1 Motor Voltage
        2. 8.2.2.2 Drive Current
      3. 8.2.3 Application Curves
  9. 9 Power Supply Recommendations
    1. 9.1 Bulk Capacitance
  10. 10Layout
    1. 10.1 Layout Guidelines
    2. 10.2 Layout Example
    3. 10.3 Thermal Consideration
      1. 10.3.1 Thermal Protection
      2. 10.3.2 Power Dissipation
      3. 10.3.3 Heatsinking
  11. 11Device and Documentation Support
    1. 11.1 Documentation Support
      1. 11.1.1 Related Documentation
    2. 11.2 Community Resources
    3. 11.3 Trademarks
    4. 11.4 Electrostatic Discharge Caution
    5. 11.5 Glossary
  12. 12Mechanical, Packaging, and Orderable Information

Package Options

Mechanical Data (Package|Pins)
Thermal pad, mechanical data (Package|Pins)
Orderable Information

10 Layout

10.1 Layout Guidelines

The bulk capacitor should be placed to minimize the distance of the high-current path through the motor driver device. The connecting metal trace widths should be as wide as possible, and numerous vias should be used when connecting PCB layers. These practices minimize inductance and allow the bulk capacitor to deliver high current.

Small-value capacitors should be ceramic, and placed closely to device pins.

The high-current device outputs should use wide metal traces.

The device thermal pad should be soldered to the PCB top-layer ground plane. Multiple vias should be used to connect to a large bottom-layer ground plane. The use of large metal planes and multiple vias help dissipate the I2 × RDS(on) heat that is generated in the device.

10.2 Layout Example

DRV8803 layout_example_slvsaw5.gif Figure 13. Recommended Layout

10.3 Thermal Consideration

10.3.1 Thermal Protection

The DRV8803 device has thermal shutdown (TSD) as described above. If the die temperature exceeds approximately 150°C, the device will be disabled until the temperature drops to a safe level.

Any tendency of the device to enter TSD is an indication of either excessive power dissipation, insufficient heatsinking, or too high an ambient temperature.

10.3.2 Power Dissipation

Power dissipation in the DRV8803 device is dominated by the power dissipated in the output FET resistance, or RDS(on). Average power dissipation of each FET when running a static load can be roughly estimated by Equation 2:

Equation 2. DRV8803 eq1_lvsaw5.gif

where

  • P is the power dissipation of one FET
  • RDS(ON) is the resistance of each FET
  • IOUT is equal to the average current drawn by the load.

At start-up and fault conditions, this current is much higher than normal running current; consider these peak currents and their duration. When driving more than one load simultaneously, the power in all active output stages must be summed.

The maximum amount of power that can be dissipated in the device is dependent on ambient temperature and heatsinking.

Note that RDS(on) increases with temperature, so as the device heats, the power dissipation increases. This must be taken into consideration when sizing the heatsink.

10.3.3 Heatsinking

The DRV8803DW package uses a standard SOIC outline, but has the center pins internally fused to the die pad to more efficiently remove heat from the device. The two center leads on each side of the package should be connected together to as large a copper area on the PCB as is possible to remove heat from the device. If the copper area is on the opposite side of the PCB from the device, thermal vias are used to transfer the heat between top and bottom layers.

In general, the more copper area that can be provided, the more power can be dissipated.

The DRV8803PWP package uses an HTSSOP package with an exposed PowerPAD™. The PowerPAD package uses an exposed pad to remove heat from the device. For proper operation, this pad must be thermally connected to copper on the PCB to dissipate heat. On a multi-layer PCB with a ground plane, this can be accomplished by adding a number of vias to connect the thermal pad to the ground plane. On PCBs without internal planes, copper area can be added on either side of the PCB to dissipate heat. If the copper area is on the opposite side of the PCB from the device, thermal vias are used to transfer the heat between top and bottom layers.

For details about how to design the PCB, see the TI Application Report, PowerPAD Thermally Enhanced Package (SLMA002), and TI Application Brief, PowerPAD Made Easy (SLMA004), available at www.ti.com.