SLVSC40H June 2013 – May 2020 DRV8711
PRODUCTION DATA.
After the current is enabled in an H-bridge, the voltage on the ISEN pin is ignored for a period of time before enabling the current sense circuitry. This blanking time is adjustable from 1 µS to 5.12 µs, in 20 ns increments, by setting the TBLANK bits in the BLANK register. Note that the blanking time also sets the minimum on time of the PWM.
The same blanking time is applied to the fast decay period in auto decay mode. The PWM will ignore any transitions on Itrip after entering fast decay mode, until the blanking time has expired.
To provide better current control at very low current steps, an adaptive blanking time mode can be enabled by setting the ABT bit in the BLANK register. If ABT is set, at current levels below 30% of full scale current (as determined by the step table), the blanking time (so also the minimum on time) is cut in half, to 50% of the value programmed by the TBLANK bits.
For higher degrees of micro-stepping, TI recommends enabling ABT bit for better current regulation.