驱动器

Technical Article

Common Driver Platform for 12V and 48V Systems Simplifies EV Starter Generator Designs

This article discusses how using a common platform for both 12V and 48V starter generator systems will simplify and ease the transition to 48V solutions, as the electrical revolution continues to transform the automotive industry.

Technical Article

Sensorless and Always Without Reverse Rotation: Rapid and Accurate Startup for Blower Fan Motors

How initial rotor position detection techniques can overcome torque generation challenges to provide anti-reverse, fast, sensorless startup.

Technical Article

Single Gate Driver Design Enables Wide Range of Battery Voltages for Various Motor Power Levels

P0239 - This article discusses the challenges of trying to accommodate wide-ranging battery voltages and motor powers in a single driver design.

Technical Article

Hall-Based BLDC Gate Drive Saves Microprocessor IO and Provides Zero Speed Torque

P0127: Many BLDC motor applications require Hall-based position sensing to accommodate direction changes quickly and provide holding torque.. Allegro gate driver ICs with integrated Hall commutation are designed with the Hall-based commutation engine integrated into the IC.

Application Note

Key Considerations in Design of Sensorless Three-Phase BLDC Motor Driver for Automotive Fuel Pumps

This application note provides details the A89303 device in an automotive fuel pump application. Detailed information about the sensorless control in A89303, advantages of the device, speed control techniques, parameter configuration including efficacy and thermal calculation, EMI consideration, and layout guidelines are presented.

Application Note

Allegro Motor Driving with Angular Sensor IC

AN296171 - This application note will describe how to use Allegro’s motor driver and angle sensor solutions to enable precise driving and reliable monitoring of brushless DC (BLDC) motors.

Application Note

Microstepping Motor-Driver IC with Integrated Step and Direction Translator Interface

A new series of microstepping motor driver integrated circuits with an integrated step and direction translator interface has been developed specifically by to drive bipolar stepper motors. These new ICs incorporate several unique design features, including automatic mixed-mode current decay control.

Brochure

Innovative Motor Control

With decades of experience, our embedded motion control algorithms in our motor driver ICs simplify designs while improving motor performance and time to market. Download brochure to learn more.

Whitepaper

Innovative FOC Motor Control: Improve Time to Market by Eliminating Software Development

This paper will focus on the basics of the sensorless control algorithm, the advantages of different sensing techniques, and how the GUI can drive a full-featured sensorless sinusoidal BLDC motor with no software programming required.

Application Note

Improving Batwing Power Dissipation

AN295015 - Allegro MicroSystems’ stepper motor ICs are power ICs encapsulated in DIP (dual in-line), SOIC (small outline integrated circuit), and PLCC (plastic leaded chip carrier) packages. The silicon die is directly bonded to a heat-spreading lead frame (batwing).

Application Note

Driving Inductive Loads

This application note outlines common techniques and challenges in the employment of a single half-bridge driver configuration to control current in a simple two-terminal inductive load.

Application Note

Estimating Maximum MOSFET Switching Frequency

AN296216 - This application note describes how to calculate the maximum power MOSFET switching frequency in BLDC motor gate drives.

Brochure

Brochure: Driving EV Powertrains

With the industry’s largest portfolio of grade 0, 80V motor drivers, Allegro’s suite of fully integrated gate drivers effectively address the critical need for efficient, flexible, reliable solutions for your hybrid and electric vehicles (EV).

Technical Article

Overcoming Battery Cooling Challenges to Enable Safe and Reliable Electric Two-Wheelers

P0276: This article discusses options available in battery technology, commonly used battery cooling methods, requirements and challenges associated with cooling methods, and motor drivers that overcome these challenges.

Application Note

Innovative Back EMF Based Stall Detection Simplifies Stepper Motor Designs

Many applications require reliable detection of reaching a mechanical endpoint without using an external sensor, and motor stall detection can be used instead. This article describes an innovative method of small stepper motor stall detection and its application.

Technical Article

Advanced Algorithm Minimizes Stepper Motor Noise and Vibration in Precision Motion Control Applications

Stepper motors offer unique advantages over direct current (DC) and brushless DC (BLDC) motors in many applications. A bipolar stepper provides accurate open-loop position as well as zero-speed torque without using a control loop or external sensors.