SLVSH22A May 2024 – September 2025 DRV8000-Q1
PRODUCTION DATA
The device integrates a high-performance, wide common-mode, bidirectional, current-shunt amplifiers for current measurements using shunt resistors in the external half-bridges. Current measurements are commonly used to implement overcurrent protection, external torque control, or commutation with an external controller. Due to the high common-mode range of the shunt amplifier, the shunt amplifier can support low-side, high-side, or inline shunt configurations. The current shunt amplifiers include features such as programmable gain, unidirectional and bidirectional support, output blanking, and a programmable internal voltage reference to set a mid-point bias voltage for the amplifier output. A simplified block diagram is shown in Figure 7-28. SP is connected to the positive terminal of the shunt resistor and SN is connected to the negative terminal of the shunt resistor. An RC filter can be applied to the output of the amplifier as needed to the SO pin. If the amplifiers are not utilized, the SN, SP inputs can be tied to PCB GND and the SO output left floating.
A detailed block diagram is shown in . The wide common mode amplifier is implemented with a two stage differential architecture. The 1st differential stage supports a wide common mode input, differential output, and has a fixed gain, G = 2. The 2nd differential stage supports a variable gain adjustment, G = 5, 10, 20, or 40. The total gain of the two stages are G = 10, 20, 40, or 80.
The internal reference voltage goes to a divider network, a buffer, and then sets the output voltage bias for the differential amplifier. The gain is configured through the register setting CSA_GAIN and the reference division ratio through CSA_DIV.
Lastly, the amplifier has an output blanking switch. The output switch can be used to disconnect the amplifier output during PWM switching to reduce output noise (blanking). The blanking circuit can be set to trigger on the active half-bridge through the CSA_BLK_SEL register setting. The blanking period can be configured through the CSA_BLK register setting. If the gate drivers are transitioning between high-side and low-side FET turn on and turn off or vice versa, the blanking time extends through the dead-time window to avoid amplifier signal noise if the output swings or noise couples during the dead-time period. An output hold up capacitor is recommended to stabilize the amplifier output CSO2 when the amplifier is disconnected during blanking. Typically this capacitor is after a series resistor in a RC filter configuration shown with RSO and CSO1 to limit direct capacitance seen directly at the amplifier output. An example of the blanking function is shown in Figure 7-30.
Figure 7-30 Amplifier Blanking
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