ACNT-H79B, ACNT-H79A, ACNT-H790
Data Sheet
Application Information
Figure 23 Motor Output Horsepower vs. Motor Phase Current and
Supply Voltage
Shunt Resistor Connections
The typical method for connecting the ACNT-H79B/H79A/H790
40
to the current sensing resistor is shown in Figure 21. V (pin 2)
IN+
440 V
is connected to the positive terminal of the sense resistor, while
35
380 V
V
(pin ±) is shorted to GND1 (pin 4), with the power-supply
220 V
30
IN–
120 V
return path functioning as the sense line to the negative
terminal of the current sense resistor.
25
20
15
10
This allows a single pair of wires or PC board traces to connect
the isolation amplifier circuit to the sense resistor. By
referencing the input circuit to the negative side of the sense
resistor, any load current induced noise transients on the
resistor are seen as a common-mode signal and will not
interfere with the current-sense signal. This is important
because the large load currents flowing through the motor
drive, along with the parasitic inductances inherent in the
wiring of the circuit, can generate both noise spikes and offsets
that are relatively large compared to the small voltages that are
being measured across the current sensing resistor.
5
0
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
MOTOR PHASE CURRENT - A (rms)
Output Side
The op-amp used in the external post-amplifier circuit should
be of sufficiently high precision so that it does not contribute a
significant amount of offset or offset drift relative to the
contribution from the isolation amplifier. Generally, op-amps
with bipolar input stages exhibit better offset performance
than op-amps with JFET or MOSFET input stages.
If the same power supply is used both for the gate drive circuit
and for the current sensing circuit, it is very important that the
connection from GND1 of the ACNT-H79B/H79A/H790 to the
sense resistor be the only return path for supply current to the
gate drive power supply in order to eliminate potential ground
loop problems. The only direct connection between the
ACNT-H79B/H79A/H790 circuit and the gate drive circuit
should be the positive power supply line.
In addition, the op-amp should also have enough bandwidth
and slew rate so that it does not adversely affect the response
speed of the overall circuit. The post-amplifier circuit includes a
pair of capacitors (C5 and C6) that form a single-pole low-pass
filter; these capacitors allow the bandwidth of the post-amp to
be adjusted independently of the gain and are useful for
reducing the output noise from the isolation amplifier.
Differential Input Connection
The differential analog inputs of the ACNT-H79B/H79A/H790
are implemented with a fully-differential, switched-capacitor
circuit. In the typical application circuit (Figure 21), the isolation
amplifier is connected in a single-ended input mode. Given the
fully differential input structure, a differential input connection
method (balanced input mode as shown in Figure 24) is
recommended to achieve better performance. The input
currents created by the switching actions on both of the pins
are balanced on the filter resistors and cancelled out each
other. Any noise induced on one pin will be coupled to the
other pin by the capacitor C and creates only common mode
noise that is rejected by the device. Typical value for Ra and Rb
is 10 and 22 nF for C.
The gain-setting resistors in the post-amp should have a
tolerance of 1% or better to ensure adequate CMRR and
adequate gain tolerance for the overall circuit. Resistor
networks can be used that have much better ratio tolerances
than can be achieved using discrete resistors. A resistor
network also reduces the total number of components for the
circuit as well as the required board space.
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