SBOS729B October   2015  – October 2025 DRV425

PRODUCTION DATA  

  1.   1
  2. 1 Features
  3. 2 Applications
  4. 3 Description
  5. 4 Pin Configuration and Functions
  6. 5 Specifications
    1. 5.1 Absolute Maximum Ratings
    2. 5.2 ESD Ratings
    3. 5.3 Recommended Operating Conditions
    4. 5.4 Thermal Information
    5. 5.5 Electrical Characteristics
    6. 5.6 Typical Characteristics
  7. 6 Detailed Description
    1. 6.1 Overview
    2. 6.2 Functional Block Diagram
    3. 6.3 Feature Description
      1. 6.3.1 Fluxgate Sensor Front-End
        1. 6.3.1.1 Fluxgate Sensor
        2. 6.3.1.2 Bandwidth
        3. 6.3.1.3 Differential Driver for the Internal Compensation Coil
        4. 6.3.1.4 Magnetic Field Range, Overrange Indicator, and Error Flag
      2. 6.3.2 Shunt-Sense Amplifier
      3. 6.3.3 Voltage Reference
      4. 6.3.4 Low-Power Operation
    4. 6.4 Device Functional Modes
  8. 7 Application and Implementation
    1. 7.1 Application Information
    2. 7.2 Typical Applications
      1. 7.2.1 Linear Position Sensing
        1. 7.2.1.1 Design Requirements
        2. 7.2.1.2 Detailed Design Procedure
        3. 7.2.1.3 Application Curves
      2. 7.2.2 Current Sensing in Busbars
        1. 7.2.2.1 Design Requirements
        2. 7.2.2.2 Detailed Design Procedure
        3. 7.2.2.3 Application Curves
    3. 7.3 Power Supply Recommendations
      1. 7.3.1 Power Supply Decoupling
      2. 7.3.2 Power-On Start-Up and Brownout
      3. 7.3.3 Power Dissipation
        1. 7.3.3.1 Thermal Pad
    4. 7.4 Layout
      1. 7.4.1 Layout Guidelines
      2. 7.4.2 Layout Example
  9. 8 Device and Documentation Support
    1. 8.1 Documentation Support
      1. 8.1.1 Related Documentation
    2. 8.2 Receiving Notification of Documentation Updates
    3. 8.3 Support Resources
    4. 8.4 Receiving Notification of Documentation Updates
    5. 8.5 Support Resources
    6. 8.6 Trademarks
    7. 8.7 Electrostatic Discharge Caution
    8. 8.8 Glossary
  10. 9 Revision History
  11. 10Mechanical, Packaging, and Orderable Information

6.3.1.3 Differential Driver for the Internal Compensation Coil

The differential compensation coil driver provides the current for the internal compensation coil at the DRV1 and DRV2 pins. The driver is capable of sourcing up to ±250mA with a 5V supply, or up to ±150mA with a 3.3V supply. The current capability is not internally limited. The actual value of the compensation coil current depends on the magnetic field strength, and is limited by the sum of the resistance of the internal compensation coil and the external shunt resistor value. The internal compensation coil resistance depends on temperature (see Figure 5-17), and this dependency must be taken into account when designing the system. Select the value of the shunt resistor to avoid OR pin trip levels in normal operation.

The common-mode voltage of the compensation coil driver outputs is set by the RSEL pins; see the Section 6.3.3 section. Thus, the common-mode voltage of the shunt-sense amplifier is matched if the internal reference is used.

Consider the polarity of the compensation coil connection to the output of the compensation coil driver. If the polarity is incorrect, then the driver output drives to the power-supply rails, even at low primary-current levels. In this case, interchange the connection of the DRV1 and DRV2 pins to the compensation coil.