HIGH PERFORMANCE BRUSHLESS DC MOTOR DRIVER
BC20 • BC20A
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FEATURES
• 40V TO 450V MOTOR SUPPLY
• 20A CONTINUOUS AND 40A PEAK OUTPUT CURRENT
• OPERATION WITH 10.8V TO 16V VCC, ALLOWING
NOMINAL 12V OR 15V VCC SUPPLIES
• THREE PHASE FULL BRIDGE OPERATION WITH 2 OR
4 QUADRANT PWM
• AUTOMATIC BRAKING WHEN USING 2 QUADRANT PWM
• THERMAL PROTECTION
• ANTI SHOOT THROUGH DESIGN
DESCRIPTION
• 25KHZ INTERNALLY SET PWM FREQUENCY, WHICH MAY
BE LOWERED WITH EXTERNAL CAPACITORS
• SELECTABLE 60° OR 120° COMMUTATION SEQUENCES
• COMMUTATION TRANSITIONS OUTPUT FOR DERIVING
SPEED CONTROL
The BC20 Brushless DC Motor Controller provides
the necessary functions to control conventional 3-phase
brushless DC motors in an open loop or closed loop
system. The BC20 can control larger motors requiring up
to 4.5kW input power.
The controller drives the motor, generates the PWM,
decodes the commutation patterns, multiplexes the current
sense, and provides error amplification. Operation with
either 60° or 120° commutation patterns may be selected
with a logic input.
Current sense multiplexing is used to make the current
monitor output always proportional to the active motor
coils current. Therefore the current monitor output may
be used in generating transconductance drive for easy
servo compensation.
• MAY BE USED OPEN LOOP, OR WITHIN A
FEEDBACK LOOP
• ANALOG MOTOR CURRENT MONITOR OUTPUT, MAY BE
USED FOR TORQUE CONTROL OR FOR TRANSCONDUC-
TANCE AMPLIFIER DRIVE.
APPLICATIONS
• 3 PHASE BRUSHLESS MOTOR CONTROL
Figure 1: Block diagram
The controller may generate 4-quadrant PWM for
applicationsrequiring
2Q
20
VCC
SSC
18
HV
9
HV
continuous transition
through zero veloc-
ity, or 2 quadrant
PWM for electrically
quieter operation in
unidirectional appli-
cations. Direction
of rotation may be
reversed in 2-quad-
rant mode by using
the reverse com-
mand input. When in
2-quadrant mode if
the motor is stopped
2
V+
OE 19
OUT 1
10
TOP DRIVE 1
BOTTOM DRIVE 1
1/2
BRIDGE
1
HS1
HS2
HS3
6
7
8
S1
13
COMMUTATION
DECODE
LOGIC
120 22
21
BRIDGE
CONTROL
LOGIC
REV
V+
REF IN 23
PWM
COMPARATOR
TOP DRIVE 2
BOTTOM DRIVE 2
OUT 2
11
+
1/2
BRIDGE
2
+
X10
X10
∑
∑
S2
15
PWM
–
–
FB 24
V+
TEMP
SENSING
or
decelerating
dynamic braking is
a u t o m a t i c a l l y
applied. In this way
deceleration profiles
maybefollowedeven
when using 2-quad-
rant PWM.
SHUTDOWN
OVERTEMP
OUT 3
12
TOP DRIVE 3
1/2
BRIDGE
3
BOTTOM DRIVE 3
S3
14
POWER
FAULT
LOGIC
CURRENT
SENSING
SIGNAL
OVERCURRENT
PWM
OSCILLATOR
HV RTN
16
HV RTN
CONDITIONING
4
17
5
3
GROUND
1
CT
TORQUE
FAULT
MOTOR I
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