description the A4931 is a complete 3-phase brushless dc motor pre-driver. the device is capable of driving a wide range of n-channel power mosfets and can support motor supply voltages up to 30 v. commutation logic is determined by three hall-element inputs spaced at 120. other features include fixed off-time pulse width modulation (pwm) current control for limiting inrush current, locked-rotor protection with adjustable delay, thermal shutdown, overvoltage monitor, and synchronous rectification. internal synchronous rectification reduces power dissipation by turning on the appropriate mosfets during current decay, thus shorting the body diode with the low r ds(on) mosfet. overvoltage protection disables synchronous rectification when the motor pumps the supply voltage beyond the overvoltage threshold during current recirculation. the A4931 offers enable, direction, and brake inputs that can control current using either phase or enable chopping. logic outputs fg1 and fg2 can be used to accurately measure motor rotation. output signals toggle state during hall transitions, providing an accurate speed output to a microcontroller or speed control circuit. operating temperature range is ?20c to 105c. the A4931 is supplied in a 5 mm 5 mm, 28-terminal qfn package with exposed thermal pad. this small footprint package is lead (pb) free with 100% matte tin leadframe plating. 4931-ds, rev. 4 features and benefits ? drives 6 n-channel mosfets ? synchronous rectification for low power dissipation ? internal uvlo and thermal shutdown circuitry ? hall element inputs ? pwm current limiting ? dead time protection ? fg outputs ? standby mode ? lock detect protection ? overvoltage protection 3-phase brushless dc motor pre-driver package: 28-contact qfn (et package) typical application A4931 approximate scale 1:1 m vbb 0.1 f 0.1 f 0.1 f 0.1 f 2 k v in v in fg1 system control logic fg2 A4931 hbias dir gnd brakez enable cp1 cld cp2 vcp gla sa gha glb sb ghb glc sc ghc sense ha+ ha? hb+ hb? hc+ hc?
3-phase brushless dc motor pre-driver A4931 2 allegro microsystems, inc. 115 northeast cutoff worcester, massachusetts 01615-0036 u.s.a. 1.508.853.5000; www.allegromicro.com absolute maximum ratings characteristic symbol notes rating units load supply voltage v bb 38 v motor phase output s x t w < 500 ns ?3 v hall input v hx dc ?0.3 to 7 v logic input voltage range v in ?0.3 to 7 v operating ambient temperature t a range m ?20 to 105 oc maximum junction temperature t j (max) 150 oc storage temperature t stg ?40 to 150 oc selection guide part number packing package A4931mettr-t 1500 pieces per reel 5 mm x 5 mm, 0.90 mm nominal height qfn thermal characteristics characteristic symbol test conditions* rating units package thermal resistance, junction to ambient r ja 4-layer pcb based on jedec standard 32 oc/w package thermal resistance, junction to exposed pad r jp 2 oc/w *for additional information, refer to the allegro website.
3-phase brushless dc motor pre-driver A4931 3 allegro microsystems, inc. 115 northeast cutoff worcester, massachusetts 01615-0036 u.s.a. 1.508.853.5000; www.allegromicro.com r sense charge pump gate drive vcp hall commun- ication logic dir hb+ hb- hall hc+ hc- ha+ ha- hall brakez enable sense gla gha vbb vcp cp1 cp2 control logic hbias gnd v in system logic v in sa ghb sb glb ghc sc glc fg1 fg2 200 mv cld lock detect ovp vreg fg1 vreg 0.1 f 0.1 f 0.1 f 0.1 f 2 k enable functional block diagram number name description 1 ha+ hall input a 2 ha - hall input a 3 hb+ hall input b 4 hb - hall input b 5 hc+ hall input c 6 hc- hall input c 7 gnd ground 8 hbias hall bias power supply output 9 cp1 charge pump capacitor terminal 10 cp2 charge pump capacitor terminal 11 vbb supply voltage 12 vcp reservoir capacitor terminal 13 sense sense resistor connection 14 glc low side gate drive c number name description 15 glb low side gate drive b 16 gla low side gate drive a 17 ghc high side gate drive c 18 sc high side source connection c 19 ghb high side gate drive b 20 sb high side source connection b 21 gha high side gate drive a 22 sa high side source connection a 23 fg1 fg 1 speed control output (3 inputs) 24 fg2 fg 2 speed control output ( a input) 25 cld locked rotor detect timing capacitor 26 dir logic input ? motor direction 27 enable logic input ? external pwm control 28 brakez logic input ? motor brake (active low) terminal list
3-phase brushless dc motor pre-driver A4931 4 allegro microsystems, inc. 115 northeast cutoff worcester, massachusetts 01615-0036 u.s.a. 1.508.853.5000; www.allegromicro.com electrical characteristics * valid at t a = 25c, v bb = 24 v, unless noted otherwise characteristics symbol test conditions min. typ. max. units supply voltage range v bb operating 8 ? v bbov v motor supply current i bb f pwm < 30 khz, c load = 1000 pf ? 5 6 ma charge pump on, outputs disabled, standby mode ? 3 3.5 ma hbias v hbias 0 ma i hbias 24 ma 7.2 7.5 7.8 v hbias current limit i hbiaslim 30 ? ? ma control logic logic input voltage v in(1) 2?? v v in(0) ? ? 0.8 v logic input current i in(1) v in = 2 v ?1 <1.0 1 a i in(0) v in = 0.8 v ?1 3-phase brushless dc motor pre-driver A4931 5 allegro microsystems, inc. 115 northeast cutoff worcester, massachusetts 01615-0036 u.s.a. 1.508.853.5000; www.allegromicro.com logic states table (see timing charts, below) x = don?t care, z = high impedance condition inputs resulting pre-driver outputs motor output ha hb hc brakez enb gha gla ghb glb ghc glc a b c dir = 1 (forward) a +? + hi lo hi lo lo hi lo lo hi lo z b +? ? hi lo hi lo lo lo lo hi hi z lo c ++ ? hi lo lo lo hi lo lo hi z hi lo d ?+ ? hi lo lo hi hi lo lo lo lo hi z e ?+ + hi lo lo hi lo lo hi lo lo z hi f ?? + hi lo lo lo lo hi hi lo z lo hi dir = 0 (reverse) a +? + hi lo lo hi hi lo lo lo lo hi z f ?? + hi lo lo lo hi lo lo hi z hi lo e ?+ + hi lo hi lo lo lo lo hi hi z lo d ?+ ? hi lo hi lo lo hi lo lo hi lo z c ++ ? hi lo lo lo lo hi hi lo z lo hi b +? ? hi lo lo hi lo lo hi lo lo z hi fault* ++ + hi x lolololololo z z z fault* ?? ? hi x lolololololo z z z brake* x x x lo x lo hi lo hi lo hi lo lo lo * dir = don?t care abcdef ha hb hc fg1 sa sb sc dir = 1 = for af edcb ha hb hc fg1 sa sb sc dir = 0 = rev
3-phase brushless dc motor pre-driver A4931 6 allegro microsystems, inc. 115 northeast cutoff worcester, massachusetts 01615-0036 u.s.a. 1.508.853.5000; www.allegromicro.com vbb charge pump enb hbias voltage v bbuv 3 ms standby mode turn off hall bias supply outputs disabled outputs enabled outputs enabled t denb vbb charge pump v bb +7.5 v 7.5v enb hbias voltage v hbias v bbuv pwm v cpuv outputs disabled outputs enabled power-up and standby modes timing diagram power-up and standby modes timing diagram
3-phase brushless dc motor pre-driver A4931 7 allegro microsystems, inc. 115 northeast cutoff worcester, massachusetts 01615-0036 u.s.a. 1.508.853.5000; www.allegromicro.com current regulation load current is regulated by an internal fixed off-time pwm control circuit. when the outputs of the full bridge are turned on, current increases in the motor winding until it reaches a value, i trip , given by: i trip = 200 mv / r sense . when i trip is reached, the sense comparator resets the source enable latch, turning off the source driver. at this point, load inductance causes the current to recirculate for the fixed off-time period. enable logic the enable input terminal (enb pin) allows external pwm. enb low turns on the selected sink-source pair. enb high switches off the appropriate drivers and the load current decays. if enb is held low, the current will rise until it reaches the level set by the internal current control circuit. typi- cally pwm frequency is in 20 khz to 30 khz range. if the enb high pulse width exceeds 3 ms, the gate outputs are disabled. the enable logic is summarized in the following table: enb pin setting outputs outputs state 0 on drive 1 source chopped slow decay with synchronous rectification 1 for > 3 ms typical off disable fixed off-time the A4931 fixed off-time is set to 25 s nominal. pwm blank timer when a source driver turns on, a current spike occurs due to the reverse recovery currents of the clamp diodes as well as switching transients related to distributed capacitance in the load. to prevent this current spike from errone- ously resetting the source enable latch, the sense comparator is blanked. the blanking timer runs after the off-time counter com- pletes, in order to provide the blanking function. the blanking timer is reset when enb is chopped or dir is changed. with external pwm control, a dir change or an enb on triggers the blanking function. the duration is fixed at 1.5 s. synchronous rectification when a pwm-off cycle is triggered, either by a chop command on enb or by an internal fixed off-time cycle, load current recirculates. the A4931 syn- chronous rectification feature turns on the appropriate mosfets during the current decay, and effectively shorts out the body diodes with the low r ds(on) driver. this lowers power dissipation significantly and can eliminate the need for external schottky diodes. brake mode a logic low on the brakez pin activates brake mode. a logic high allows normal operation. braking turns on all three sink drivers, effectively shorting out the motor-generated bemf. the brakez input overrides the enb input and also the lock detect function. it is important to note that the internal pwm current control cir- cuit does not limit the current when braking, because the current does not flow through the sense resistor. the maximum current can be approximated by v bemf / r load . care should be taken to insure that the maximum ratings of the a4391 are not exceeded in the worse case braking situation, high speed and high inertial load. hbias function this function provides a power supply of 7.5 v, current-limited to 30 ma. this reference voltage is used to power the logic sections of the ic and also to power the external hall elements. standby mode to prevent excessive power dissipation due to the current draw of the external hall elements, standby mode turns off the hbias output voltage. standby mode is triggered functional description
3-phase brushless dc motor pre-driver A4931 8 allegro microsystems, inc. 115 northeast cutoff worcester, massachusetts 01615-0036 u.s.a. 1.508.853.5000; www.allegromicro.com by holding enb high for longer than 3 ms. note that brake mode overrides standby mode, so hold the brakez pin high in order to enter standby mode. charge pump the internal charge pump is used to generate a supply above v bb to drive the high-side mosfets. the volt- age on the vcp pin is internally monitored, and in case of a fault condition, the outputs of the device are disabled. fault shutdown in the event of a fault due to excessive junction temperature or due to low voltage on vcp or vbb, the outputs of the device are disabled until the fault condition is removed. at power-up the uvlo circuit disables the drivers. overvoltage protection vbb is monitored to determine if a hazardous voltage is present due to the motor generator pump- ing up the supply bus. when the voltage exceeds v bbov , the synchronous rectification feature is disabled. overtemperature protection if die temperature exceeds approximately 170c, the thermal shutdown function will dis- able the outputs until the internal temperature falls below the 15c hysteresis. hall state reporting the fg1 pin is an open drain output that changes state at each transition of an external hall element. the fg2 pin is an open drain output that changes state at each hax transition. lock detect function the ic will evaluate a locked rotor condition under either of these two different conditions: ? the fg1 signal is not consistently changing. ? the proper commutation sequence is not being followed. the motor can be locked in a condition in which it toggles between two specific hall device states. both of these fault conditions are allowed to persist for period of time, t lock . t lock is set by capacitor connected to cld pin. c ld produces a triangle waveform (1.67 v peak-to-peak) with fre- quency linearly related to the capacitor value. t lock is defined as 127 cycles of this triangle waveform, or: t lock = c ld 20 s/ f after the wait time, t lock , has expired, the outputs are disabled, and the fault is latched. these fault conditions can only be cleared by any one of the following actions: ? rising or falling edge on the dir pin ? vbb uvlo threshold exceeded (during power-up cycle) ? enb pin held high for > t lock / 2 the lock detect function can be disabled by connecting cld to gnd. when the A4931 is in brake mode, the lock detect counter is disabled.
3-phase brushless dc motor pre-driver A4931 9 allegro microsystems, inc. 115 northeast cutoff worcester, massachusetts 01615-0036 u.s.a. 1.508.853.5000; www.allegromicro.com et package, 28-contact qfn copyright ?2007-2010, allegro microsystems, inc. the products described here are manufactured under one or more u.s. patents or u.s. patents pending. allegro microsystems, inc. reserves the right to make, from time to time, such de par tures from the detail spec i fi ca tions as may be required to per- mit improvements in the per for mance, reliability, or manufacturability of its products. before placing an order, the user is cautioned to verify that the information being relied upon is current. allegro?s products are not to be used in life support devices or systems, if a failure of an allegro product can reasonably be expected to cause the failure of that life support device or system, or to affect the safety or effectiveness of that device or system. the in for ma tion in clud ed herein is believed to be ac cu rate and reliable. how ev er, allegro microsystems, inc. assumes no re spon si bil i ty for its use; nor for any in fringe ment of patents or other rights of third parties which may result from its use. for the latest version of this document, visit our website: www.allegromicro.com 0.25 +0.05 ?0.07 0.55 +0.20 ?0.10 0.50 0.90 0.10 c 0.08 29x seating plane c a terminal #1 mark area b exposed thermal pad (reference only, terminal #1 identifier appearance at supplier discretion) for reference only (reference jedec mo-220vhhd-1) dimensions in millimeters exact case and lead configuration at supplier discretion within limits shown c reference land pattern layout (reference ipc7351 qfn50p500x500x100-29v1m); all pads a minimum of 0.20 mm from all adjacent pads; adjust as necessary to meet application process requirements and pcb layout tolerances; when mounting on a multilayer pcb, thermal vias at the exposed thermal pad land can improve thermal dissipation (reference eia/jedec standard jesd51-5) 28 2 1 a 28 1 2 pcb layout reference view b 3.15 3.15 3.15 3.15 0.30 1 28 0.50 1.15 4.80 4.80 c 5.00 0.15 5.00 0.15 d d coplanarity includes exposed thermal pad and terminals
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