SLVSG24C November   2021  – November 2022 DRV8244-Q1

PRODMIX  

  1. 1 Features
  2. 2 Applications
  3. 3 Description
  4. 4 Revision History
  5. 5 Device Comparison
  6. 6 Pin Configuration and Functions
    1. 6.1 HW Variant
      1. 6.1.1 HVSSOP (28) package
      2. 6.1.2 VQFN-HR(16) package
    2. 6.2 SPI Variant
      1. 6.2.1 HVSSOP (28) package
      2. 6.2.2 VQFN-HR (16) package
  7. 7 Specifications
    1. 7.1 Absolute Maximum Ratings
    2. 7.2 ESD Ratings
    3. 7.3 Recommended Operating Conditions
    4. 7.4 Thermal Information
    5. 7.5 Electrical Characteristics
      1. 7.5.1  Power Supply & Initialization
      2. 7.5.2  Logic I/Os
      3. 7.5.3  SPI I/Os
      4. 7.5.4  Configuration Pins - HW Variant Only
      5. 7.5.5  Power FET Parameters
      6. 7.5.6  Switching Parameters with High-Side Recirculation
      7. 7.5.7  Switching Parameters with Low-Side Recirculation
      8. 7.5.8  IPROPI & ITRIP Regulation
      9. 7.5.9  Over Current Protection (OCP)
      10. 7.5.10 Over Temperature Protection (TSD)
      11. 7.5.11 Voltage Monitoring
      12. 7.5.12 Load Monitoring
      13. 7.5.13 Fault Retry Setting
      14. 7.5.14 Transient Thermal Impedance & Current Capability
    6. 7.6 SPI Timing Requirements
    7. 7.7 Switching Waveforms
      1. 7.7.1 Output switching transients
        1. 7.7.1.1 High-Side Recirculation
        2. 7.7.1.2 Low-Side Recirculation
      2. 7.7.2 Wake-up Transients
        1. 7.7.2.1 HW Variant
        2. 7.7.2.2 SPI Variant
      3. 7.7.3 Fault Reaction Transients
        1. 7.7.3.1 Retry setting
        2. 7.7.3.2 Latch setting
    8. 7.8 Typical Characteristics
  8. 8 Detailed Description
    1. 8.1 Overview
    2. 8.2 Functional Block Diagram
      1. 8.2.1 HW Variant
      2. 8.2.2 SPI Variant
    3. 8.3 Feature Description
      1. 8.3.1 External Components
        1. 8.3.1.1 HW Variant
        2. 8.3.1.2 SPI Variant
      2. 8.3.2 Bridge Control
        1. 8.3.2.1 PH/EN mode
        2. 8.3.2.2 PWM mode
        3. 8.3.2.3 Independent mode
        4. 8.3.2.4 Register - Pin Control - SPI Variant Only
      3. 8.3.3 Device Configuration
        1. 8.3.3.1 Slew Rate (SR)
        2. 8.3.3.2 IPROPI
        3. 8.3.3.3 ITRIP Regulation
        4. 8.3.3.4 DIAG
          1. 8.3.3.4.1 HW variant
          2. 8.3.3.4.2 SPI variant
      4. 8.3.4 Protection and Diagnostics
        1. 8.3.4.1 Over Current Protection (OCP)
        2. 8.3.4.2 Over Temperature Protection (TSD)
        3. 8.3.4.3 Off-State Diagnostics (OLP)
        4. 8.3.4.4 On-State Diagnostics (OLA) - SPI Variant Only
        5. 8.3.4.5 VM Over Voltage Monitor
        6. 8.3.4.6 VM Under Voltage Monitor
        7. 8.3.4.7 Power On Reset (POR)
        8. 8.3.4.8 Event Priority
    4. 8.4 Device Functional States
      1. 8.4.1 SLEEP State
      2. 8.4.2 STANDBY State
      3. 8.4.3 Wake-up to STANDBY State
      4. 8.4.4 ACTIVE State
      5. 8.4.5 nSLEEP Reset Pulse (HW Variant Only)
    5. 8.5 Programming - SPI Variant Only
      1. 8.5.1 SPI Interface
      2. 8.5.2 Standard Frame
      3. 8.5.3 SPI Interface for Multiple Peripherals
        1. 8.5.3.1 Daisy Chain Frame for Multiple Peripherals
    6. 8.6 Register Map - SPI Variant Only
      1. 8.6.1 User Registers
  9. 9 Application and Implementation
    1. 9.1 Application Information
      1. 9.1.1 Load Summary
    2. 9.2 Typical Application
      1. 9.2.1 HW Variant
      2. 9.2.2 SPI Variant
  10. 10Power Supply Recommendations
    1. 10.1 Bulk Capacitance Sizing
  11. 11Layout
    1. 11.1 Layout Guidelines
    2. 11.2 Layout Example
  12. 12Device and Documentation Support
    1. 12.1 Documentation Support
      1. 12.1.1 Related Documentation
    2. 12.2 Receiving Notification of Documentation Updates
    3. 12.3 Community Resources
    4. 12.4 Trademarks
  13. 13Mechanical, Packaging, and Orderable Information

Package Options

Mechanical Data (Package|Pins)
Thermal pad, mechanical data (Package|Pins)
Orderable Information

8.3.3.2 IPROPI

The device integrates a current sensing feature with a proportional analog current output on the IPROPI pin that can be used for load current regulation. This eliminates the need of an external sense resistor or sense circuitry reducing system size, cost, and complexity.

The device senses the load current by using a shunt-less high-side current mirror topology. This way the device can only sense an uni-directional high-side current from VM → OUTx → Load through the high-side FET when it is fully turned ON (linear mode). The IPROPI pin outputs an analog current proportional to this sensed current scaled by AIPROPI as follows:

IIPROPI = (IHS1 + IHS2) / AIPROPI

The IPROPI pin must be connected to an external resistor (RIPROPI) to ground in order to generate a proportional voltage VIPROPI. This allows for the load current to be measured as a voltage-drop across the RIPROPI resistor with an analog to digital converter (ADC). The RIPROPI resistor can be sized based on the expected load current in the application so that the full range of the controller ADC is utilized.

The current expressed on IPROPI is the sum of the currents flowing out of the OUTx pins from VM. This implies that:

  • In full-bridge operation using PWM or PH/EN mode, the current expressed on IPROPI pin is always from one of the half-bridges that is sourcing the current from VM to the load.
  • In independent mode, the current expressed on IPROPI pin could be from either half-bridges or both of them. It is not possible to observe only one half-bridge current independently.