Datasheet
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L6206
NON-DISSIPATIVE OVERCURRENT DETECTION AND PROTECTION
In addition to the PWM current control, an overcurrent detection circuit (OCD) is integrated. This circuit can be
used to provides protection against a short circuit to ground or between two phases of the bridge as well as a
roughly regulation of the load current. With this internal over current detection, the external current sense resis-
tor normally used and its associated power dissipation are eliminated. Fig. 7 shows a simplified schematic of
the overcurrent detection circuit for the Bridge A. Bridge B is provided of an analogous circuit.
To implement the over current detection, a sensing element that delivers a small but precise fraction of the out-
put current is implemented with each high side power MOS. Since this current is a small fraction of the output
current there is very little additional power dissipation. This current is compared with an internal reference cur-
rent I
REF
. When the output current reaches the detection threshold Isover the OCD comparator signals a fault
condition. When a fault condition is detected, an internal open drain MOS with a pull down capability of 4mA
connected to OCD pin is turned on. Fig. 8 shows the OCD operation.
This signal can be used to regulate the output current simply by connecting the OCD pin to EN pin and adding
an external R-C as shown in Fig.7. The off time before recovering normal operation can be easily programmed
by means of the accurate thresholds of the logic inputs.
I
REF
and, therefore, the output current detection threshold are selectable by R
CL
value, following the equations:
– Isover = 5.6A ±30% at -25°C < T
j
< 125°C if R
CL
= 0
Ω
(PROGCL connected to GND)
– Isover = ±10% at -25°C < T
j
< 125°C if 5K
Ω <
R
CL
< 40k
Ω
Fig. 9 shows the output current protection threshold versus R
CL
value in the range 5k
Ω
to 40k
Ω
.
The Disable Time t
DISABLE
before recovering normal operation can be easily programmed by means of the accu-
rate thresholds of the logic inputs. It is affected whether by C
EN
and R
EN
values and its magnitude is reported in
Figure 10. The Delay Time t
DELAY
before turning off the bridge when an overcurrent has been detected depends
only by C
EN
value. Its magnitude is reported in Figure 11.
C
EN
is also used for providing immunity to pin EN against fast transient noises. Therefore the value of C
EN
should
be chosen as big as possible according to the maximum tolerable Delay Time and the R
EN
value should be chosen
according to the desired Disable Time.
The resistor R
EN
should be chosen in the range from 2.2K
Ω
to 180K
Ω
. Recommended values for R
EN
and C
EN
are respectively 100K
Ω
and 5.6nF that allow obtaining 200
µ
s Disable Time.
22100
R
CL
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