SLLSFA9B July 2020 – June 2021 DRV8106-Q1
PRODUCTION DATA
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The DRV8106-Q1 is an integrated half-bridge smart gate driver for brushed DC motor applications. The device provides a half-bridge gate driver, capable of driving high-side and low-side N-channel power MOSFETs. The DRV8106-Q1 generates the proper gate drive voltages using an integrated doubler charge pump for the high-side and a linear regulator for the low-side. The gate drivers support up to 62-mA source and 62-mA sink peak gate drive current capability. The device supports a wide operating supply voltage range of 4.9-V to 37-V.
The DRV8106-Q1 is based on a smart gate drive architecture (SGD) to reduce system cost and improve reliability. The SGD architecture optimizes dead time to avoid shoot-through conditions, provides flexibility in decreasing electromagnetic interference (EMI) with MOSFET slew rate control through adjustable gate drive current, and protects against drain to source and gate short circuits conditions with VDS and VGS monitors. A strong pulldown circuit helps prevent dV/dt parasitic gate coupling. The external MOSFET slew control is supported through adjustable output gate drivers. The gate driver peak source current can be configured between 0.5-mA and 62-mA. The gate drivers peak sink current can be configured between 0.5-mA and 62-mA.
The DRV8106-Q1 can operate with either 3.3-V or 5-V external controllers (MCUs). A dedicated DVDD pins allows for external power to the device digital core and the digital outputs to be referenced to the controller I/O voltage. It communicates with the external controller through an SPI bus to manage configuration settings and diagnostic feedback. The device also has an AREF pin which allows for the shunt amplifier reference voltage to be connected to the reference voltage of the external controller ADC. The shunt amplifier outputs are also clamped to the AREF pin voltage to protect the inputs of the controller from excessive voltage spikes.
The DRV8106-Q1 provides an array of diagnostic and protection features to monitor system status before operation and protect against faults during system operation. These include under and overvoltage monitors for the power supply and charge pump, VDS overcurrent and VGS gate fault monitors for the external MOSFETs, offline open load and short circuit detection, and internal thermal warning and shutdown protection. The current shunt amplifier can be utilized to monitor load current of the system. The high common mode range of the amplifier allows for either inline, high-side, or low-side based shunt resistor current sensing.