TS...............................-55°°C to +150°°C
* Output current rating may be limited by duty cycle,
ambient temperature, and heat sinking. Under any set of
conditions, do not exceed the specified current rating or a
junction temperature of 150°C.
............................±±500 mA*
OUT
CC
+ 0.3 V
D
The A3976 is designed to drive both windings of a bipolar stepper
motor or bidirectionally control two DC Motors. Both H-Bridges are capable
of continuous output currents of up to +/- 500 mA and operating voltages to
30V. Free wheeling, substrate isolated diodes are included for output transient
suppression when switching motors or other inductive loads. For each bridge
the PHASE input controls load current polarity by selecting the appropriate
source and sink driver pair. The ENABLE input, when held high, enables the
respective output H-bridge. When both ENABLE pins are held low the device
will enter SLEEP mode and consume less than 100µA.
The 3976 is protected to ensure safe operation in harsh operating
environments and was designed specifically for automotive applications.
Protection circuitry will check for open or shorted load, motor lead short to
ground or supply, VBB overvoltage, VCC undervoltage, and thermal
shutdown. If any of these conditions are detected the outputs will be disabled
and fault information will be output to diagnostic pins FAULT1 and FAULT2.
The 3976 is supplied in a choice of two power packages, a 16-lead
plastic DIP with a copper batwing tab (suffix ‘B’), and a 24-lead plastic SOIC
with a copper batwing tab (suffix ‘LB’). In both cases, the power tab is at
ground potential and needs no electrical isolation.
FEATURES
n 30 V , ±500 mA Continuous Output Rating
n 35V Load Dump Survival
n Output Short Circuit Protection
n Coded Fault Diagnostic Outputs
n Low Current Standby Mode
n Open Load Monitor
n Low Current Standby Mode
n VBB Over Voltage Shutdown
n Internal Thermal Shutdown Circuitry
n Internal Low Parasitic Free Wheeling Diodes
n Crossover Current Protection
PART NUMBERPACKAGER
ØJA
A3976KLB24 Lead SOIC56°°C/W6°°C/W
A3973KB16 Lead DIP43 °°C/W6°°C/W
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Functional Block Diagram
(one of two bridges shown)
V
CC
FAULT1
FAULT2
PHASE1
ENABLE1
PHASE2
ENABLE2
Thermal
Shutdown
Diagnostic Logic
Input Pull Down
Over/Under
Voltage
Monitor
CONTROL
LOGIC
Short to Supply
Monitor
Short to Ground
Monitor
To Bridge 2
To Bridge 2
V
BB
OUT1A
OUT1B
OUT2A
OUT2B
GROUND
Input Logic
PHASEENABLEOUTAOUTB
X0OffOff
01LowHigh
11HighLow
Fault Logic
Fault ConditionFAULT1FAULT2
Thermal ShutdownLowLow
Short to Battery or Open LoadLowHigh
Short to GroundHighLow
Normal OperationHighHigh
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ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS at TA = -40 °C to +125°C, VBB = 30 V, VCC = 5.0 V (Unless noted otherwise)
Timing
Open Fault to Reset Delayt
PHASE_X Delay to OPEN Faultt
PHASE_X Delay to S.C. Faultt
ENABLE_X Delay to Faultt
Propagation Delay Times
rs
of
SC
of
t
pd
V
= 12 V––25µs
BB
V
= 12 V–30–µs
BB
V
= 12 V–5–µs
BB
V
= 12 V–5–µs
BB
I
= ±0.35A, 50%TO 90%
OUT
Cross Over Dead Timet
CODT
ENABLE ON TO SOURCE ON–0.3µs
ENABLE OFF TO SOURCE OFF–0.4µs
ENABLE ON TO SINK ON–0.3µs
ENABLE OFF TO SINK OFF–0.2µs
PHASE CHANGE TO SINK ON–4.0µs
PHASE CHANGE TO SINK OFF–0.3µs
PHASE CHANGE TO SOURCE ON–4.0µs
PHASE CHANGE TO SOURCE OFF–0.4µs
1KΩ (1k+1k) Load (VBB to OUT to GND)0.53.06.0µs
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APPLICATION NOTES
Open Lead Protection. During normal PWM
operation diagnostic circuitry will look for a minimum
source current level after a bridge is signalled on.
Additionally, the diode flyback is monitored on the proper
output. The logic will signal a fault and disable the outputs if
it determines that the current is below the minimum level
AND no flyback is occurring. If the inductive load is too
large, the current would take too long to reach the minimal
level and a false open load would be reported. It is
recommended that the inductive load be less than 38mH.
Short Circuit Protection. Internal sense resistors in
series with VBB and ground will trip the fault circuitry if
greater than 1.1A is detected. To prevent false overcurrent
events due to reverse recovery spikes of the clamp diodes,
the current monitor is blanked for 5us after a high side is
signalled to turn on. If an additional input command follows
after the initial fault, the selected pair of drivers will pulse on
for the 5us blanking duration. The short circuit fault will
remember the input state where the fault occurred and will
wait for that particular logic state after the short has been
removed before normal operation is allowed to resume.
Thermal Protection. Circuitry turns OFF all drivers
when the junction temperature reaches 170°C typically. It is
intended only to protect the device from failures due to
excessive junction temperatures and has a hysteresis of
approximately 15°C.
Layout. The printed wiring board should use a heavy
ground plane. For optimum electrical and thermal
performance, the driver should be soldered directly onto the
board. The load supply pin, VBB, should be decoupled with
an electrolytic capacitor (> 47 µF is recommended) placed as
close to the device as possible.