8902–A
3-PHASE BRUSHLESS DC
MOTOR CONTROLLER/DRIVER
TERMINAL FUNCTIONS
Term.
Terminal Name
LOAD SUPPLY
CD2
Function
1
2
VBB; the 5 V or 12 V motor supply.
One of two capacitors used to generate the ideal commutation points from the
back-EMF zero crossing points.
3
CWD
Timing capacitor used by the watchdog circuit to disable the back-EMF compara-
tors during commutation transients, and to detect incorrect motor position.
4
5
CST
OUTA
Startup oscillator timing capacitor.
Power amplifier A output to motor.
6-7
8
GROUND
OUTB
Power and logic ground and thermal heat sink.
Power amplifier B output to motor.
9
OUTC
Power amplifier C output to motor.
10
11
CENTERTAP
BRAKE
Motor centertap connection for back-EMF detection circuitry.
Active low turns ON all three sink drivers shorting the motor windings to ground.
External capacitor and resistor at BRAKE provide brake delay. The brake function
can also be controlled via the serial port.
12
13
14
CRES
FILTER
External reservoir capacitor used to hold charge to drive the source drivers’
gates. Also provides power for brake circuit.
Analog voltage input to control motor current. Also, compensation node for
internal speed control loop.
SECTOR DATA
External tachometer input. Can use sector or index pulses from disk to provide
precise motor speed feedback to internal frequency-locked loop.
15
16
17
LOGIC SUPPLY
OSCILLATOR
DATA OUT
VDD; the 5 V logic supply.
Clock input for the speed reference counter. Typical max. frequency is 10 MHz.
Thermal shutdown indicator, FCOM, TACH, or SYNC signals available in real
time, controlled by 2-bit multiplexer in serial port.
18-19
20
GROUND
RESET
Power and logic ground and thermal heat sink.
When pulled low forces the chip into sleep mode; clears all serial port bits.
Strobe input (active low) for data word.
21
CHIP SELECT
CLOCK
22
Clock input for serial port.
23
DATA IN
CD1
Sequential data input for the serial port.
24
One of two capacitors used to generate the ideal commutation points from the
back-EMF zero crossing points.