SLVSD19A June   2015  – July 2015 DRV8881

PRODUCTION DATA.  

  1. 1 Features
  2. 2 Applications
  3. 3 Description
    1.     Device Images
      1.      DRV8881E Simplified System Diagram
      2.      DRV8881P Simplified System Diagram
  4. 4 Revision History
  5. 5 Pin Configuration and Functions
    1.     Pin Functions
    2.     DRV8881E PH/EN Pin Functions
    3.     DRV8881P PWM Pin Functions
  6. 6 Specifications
    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 Typical Characteristics
  7. 7 Detailed Description
    1. 7.1 Overview
    2. 7.2 Functional Block Diagrams
    3. 7.3 Feature Description
      1. 7.3.1  Motor Driver Current Ratings
        1. 7.3.1.1 Peak Current Rating
        2. 7.3.1.2 RMS Current Rating
        3. 7.3.1.3 Full-Scale Current Rating
      2. 7.3.2  PWM Motor Drivers
      3. 7.3.3  Bridge Control
      4. 7.3.4  Current Regulation
      5. 7.3.5  Decay Modes
        1. 7.3.5.1 Mode 1: Slow Decay
        2. 7.3.5.2 Mode 2: Fast Decay
        3. 7.3.5.3 Mode 3: 30%/70% Mixed Decay
      6. 7.3.6  Smart tune
      7. 7.3.7  Adaptive Blanking Time
      8. 7.3.8  Parallel Mode
      9. 7.3.9  Charge Pump
      10. 7.3.10 LDO Voltage Regulator
      11. 7.3.11 Logic and Tri-Level Pin Diagrams
      12. 7.3.12 Protection Circuits
        1. 7.3.12.1 VM Undervoltage Lockout (UVLO)
        2. 7.3.12.2 VCP UVLO (CPUV)
        3. 7.3.12.3 Overcurrent Protection (OCP)
        4. 7.3.12.4 Thermal Shutdown (TSD)
    4. 7.4 Device Functional Modes
  8. 8 Application and Implementation
    1. 8.1 Application Information
    2. 8.2 Typical Applications
      1. 8.2.1 DRV8881P Typical Application
        1. 8.2.1.1 Design Requirements
        2. 8.2.1.2 Detailed Design Procedure
          1. 8.2.1.2.1 Current Regulation
          2. 8.2.1.2.2 Stepper Motor Speed
          3. 8.2.1.2.3 Decay Modes
          4. 8.2.1.2.4 Sense Resistor
        3. 8.2.1.3 Application Curve
      2. 8.2.2 Alternate Application
        1. 8.2.2.1 Design Requirements
        2. 8.2.2.2 Detailed Design Procedure
          1. 8.2.2.2.1 Current Regulation
        3. 8.2.2.3 Application Curves
  9. 9 Power Supply Recommendations
    1. 9.1 Bulk Capacitance Sizing
  10. 10Layout
    1. 10.1 Layout Guidelines
    2. 10.2 Layout Example
  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

7.3.4 Current Regulation

The current through the motor windings is regulated by an adjustable fixed-off-time PWM current regulation circuit. When an H-bridge is enabled, current rises through the winding at a rate dependent on the DC voltage, inductance of the winding, and the magnitude of the back EMF present. Once the current hits the current chopping threshold, the bridge enters a decay mode for a fixed period of time to decrease the current, which is configurable between 10 and 30 µs through the tri-level input TOFF. After the off time expires, the bridge is re-enabled, starting another PWM cycle.

Table 3. Off-Time Settings

TOFF OFF-TIME tOFF
0 20 µs
1 30 µs
Z 10 µs

The PWM chopping current is set by a comparator which compares the voltage across a current sense resistor connected to the xISEN pin with a reference voltage. To generate the reference voltage for the current chopping comparator, the xVREF input is attenuated by a factor of Av. In addition, the TRQx pins further scale the reference.

DRV8881 current_reg_lvsd19.gifFigure 15. Current Regulation Block Diagram

The chopping current is calculated as follows:

Equation 1. DRV8881 eq_I_trip_lvsd19.gif

TRQ is a DAC used to scale the output current. The current scalar value for different inputs is shown in Table 4.

Table 4. Torque DAC Settings

TRQ1 TRQ0 CURRENT SCALAR (TRQ) EFFECTIVE ATTENUATION
1 1 25% 26.4 V/V
1 0 50% 13.2 V/V
0 1 75% 8.8 V/V
0 0 100% 6.6 V/V