SLOSE37B June   2020  – May 2022 DRV8436

PRODUCTION DATA  

  1. 1 Features
  2. 2 Applications
  3. 3 Description
  4. 4 Revision History
  5. 5 Pin Configuration and Functions
    1. 5.1 Pin Functions
  6. 6 Specifications
    1. 6.1 Absolute Maximum Ratings
    2. 6.2 ESD Ratings
    3. 6.3 Recommended Operating Conditions
    4. 6.4 Thermal Information
    5. 6.5 Electrical Characteristics
    6. 6.6 Indexer Timing Requirements
    7. 6.7 Typical Characteristics
  7. 7 Detailed Description
    1. 7.1 Overview
    2. 7.2 Functional Block Diagram
    3. 7.3 Feature Description
      1. 7.3.1  Stepper Motor Driver Current Ratings
        1. 7.3.1.1 Peak Current Rating
        2. 7.3.1.2 rms Current Rating
        3. 7.3.1.3 Full-Scale Current Rating
      2. 7.3.2  PWM Motor Drivers
      3. 7.3.3  Microstepping Indexer
      4. 7.3.4  Controlling VREF with an MCU DAC
      5. 7.3.5  Current Regulation
      6. 7.3.6  Decay Modes
        1. 7.3.6.1 Slow Decay for Increasing and Decreasing Current
        2. 7.3.6.2 Slow Decay for Increasing Current, Mixed Decay for Decreasing Current
        3. 7.3.6.3 Mixed Decay for Increasing and Decreasing Current
        4. 7.3.6.4 Smart tune Dynamic Decay
        5. 7.3.6.5 Smart tune Ripple Control
        6. 7.3.6.6 PWM OFF Time
        7. 7.3.6.7 Blanking time
      7. 7.3.7  Charge Pump
      8. 7.3.8  Linear Voltage Regulators
      9. 7.3.9  Logic Level, tri-level and quad-level Pin Diagrams
        1. 7.3.9.1 nFAULT Pin
      10. 7.3.10 Protection Circuits
        1. 7.3.10.1 VM Undervoltage Lockout (UVLO)
        2. 7.3.10.2 VCP Undervoltage Lockout (CPUV)
        3. 7.3.10.3 Overcurrent Protection (OCP)
          1. 7.3.10.3.1 Latched Shutdown
          2. 7.3.10.3.2 Automatic Retry
        4. 7.3.10.4 Thermal Shutdown (OTSD)
        5. 7.3.10.5 Fault Condition Summary
    4. 7.4 Device Functional Modes
      1. 7.4.1 Sleep Mode (nSLEEP = 0)
      2. 7.4.2 Disable Mode (nSLEEP = 1, ENABLE = 0)
      3. 7.4.3 Operating Mode (nSLEEP = 1, ENABLE = Hi-Z/1)
      4. 7.4.4 nSLEEP Reset Pulse
      5. 7.4.5 Functional Modes Summary
  8. 8 Application and Implementation
    1. 8.1 Application Information
    2. 8.2 Typical Application
      1. 8.2.1 Design Requirements
      2. 8.2.2 Detailed Design Procedure
        1. 8.2.2.1 Stepper Motor Speed
        2. 8.2.2.2 Current Regulation
        3. 8.2.2.3 Decay Modes
      3. 8.2.3 Application Curves
  9. 9 Thermal Application
    1. 9.1 Power Dissipation
      1. 9.1.1 Conduction Loss
      2. 9.1.2 Switching Loss
      3. 9.1.3 Power Dissipation Due to Quiescent Current
      4. 9.1.4 Total Power Dissipation
    2. 9.2 Device Junction Temperature Estimation
  10. 10Layout
    1. 10.1 Layout Guidelines
    2. 10.2 Layout Examples
  11. 11Device and Documentation Support
    1. 11.1 Documentation Support
      1. 11.1.1 Related Documentation
    2. 11.2 Receiving Notification of Documentation Updates
    3. 11.3 Community Resources
    4. 11.4 Trademarks
  12. 12Mechanical, Packaging, and Orderable Information

Package Options

Mechanical Data (Package|Pins)
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Orderable Information

7.3.1.3 Full-Scale Current Rating

The full-scale current describes the top of the sinusoid current waveform while microstepping. Because the sinusoid amplitude is related to the rms current, the full-scale current is also determined by the thermal considerations of the device. The full-scale current rating is approximately √2 × IRMS. For the DRV8436 device, the full-scale current rating is 1.5 A per bridge.

GUID-2EB67BF7-2342-4E81-939C-FA09B727F82D-low.gifFigure 7-2 Full-Scale and RMS Current