TIDUFF7A October   2025  – March 2026

 

  1.   1
  2.   Description
  3.   Resources
  4.   Features
  5.   Applications
  6.   6
  7. 1System Description
    1. 1.1 Terminology
    2. 1.2 Key System Specifications
  8. 2System Overview
    1. 2.1 Block Diagram
    2. 2.2 Design Considerations
    3. 2.3 Highlighted Products
      1. 2.3.1 AM2612
      2. 2.3.2 DRV7167A
      3. 2.3.3 AMC0106M05
      4. 2.3.4 DP83826A
  9. 3System Design Theory
    1. 3.1 AM2612 Motor Control and Communication Interface
    2. 3.2 DC Link and Ground Configuration
    3. 3.3 Three-Phase Inverter With DRV7167A Half-Bridge GaN Motor Driver Power Stage
    4. 3.4 Inline Shunt Precision Phase-Current Sensing With AMC0106M05 Functionally Isolated, Delta-Sigma Modulator
    5. 3.5 System Power Management
    6. 3.6 Functional Safety Concept
    7. 3.7 Ethernet Physical Layer
    8. 3.8 Position Feedback Interface
  10. 4Hardware, Software, Testing Requirements, and Test Results
    1. 4.1 Hardware Requirements
      1. 4.1.1 TIDA-010979 PCB Overview
      2. 4.1.2 TIDA-010979 Hardware Setting
    2. 4.2 Software Requirements
    3. 4.3 Test Setup
    4. 4.4 Test Results
      1. 4.4.1 Power Management and System Power Up and Power Down
      2. 4.4.2 Half-Bridge GaN Motor Driver Power Stage Switch Node
      3. 4.4.3 Power Stage Thermal Measurements
      4. 4.4.4 Phase-Current Sensing and Position Feedback
      5. 4.4.5 EtherCAT® Communication
  11. 5Design and Documentation Support
    1. 5.1 Design Files
      1. 5.1.1 Schematics
      2. 5.1.2 BOM
      3. 5.1.3 Layout Prints
      4. 5.1.4 Altium Project
      5. 5.1.5 Gerber Files
      6. 5.1.6 Assembly Drawings
    2. 5.2 Tools and Software
    3. 5.3 Documentation Support
    4. 5.4 Support Resources
    5. 5.5 Trademarks
  12. 6About the Author
  13. 7Revision History

Terminology

    SOC System On-Chip
    FOC Field-Oriented Control
    MCU Microcontroller Unit
    RPM Revolutions Per Minute
    EnDAT/HDSL/BissC/Tamagawa Multi-digital, bidirectional interface protocols for absolute encoders
    EtherCAT Ethernet for Control Automation Technology
    Profinet Portmanteau for Process Field Network
    ICSS Industrial Communication Subsystem
    PRU Programmable Real-time Unit
    SDFM Sigma-Delta Filter Module
    SDM Sigma-Delta Modulator
    EPWM Enhanced Pulse-Width Modulation
    CMP Event Comparator
    CAP Event Capture
    ISR Interrupt Service Routine
    EPWM Enhanced Pulse-Width Modulation
    TCM Tightly Coupled Memory
    GPIO General-Purpose Input Output
    FIFO First In, First Out
    SPI Serial Peripheral Interface
    PHP Hypertext Preprocessor
    PDO PHP data objects