ADVANCEINFORMATION
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MA818
THREE-PHASE PULSE WIDTH MODULATION WAVEFORM GENERATOR
The MA818 PWM generator has been designed to provide
waveforms for the control of variable speed AC machines,
uninterruptible power supplies and other forms of power elec-
tronic devices which require pulse width modulation as a means
of efficient power control.
The six TTL level PWM outputs (Fig. 2) control the six
switches in a three-phase inverter bridge. This is usually via an
external isolation and amplification stage.
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Rotational frequency is defined to 12 bits for high accuracy
and a zero setting is included in order to implement DC injection
brakingwithnosoftwareoverhead. Anypowerwaveformcanbe
implemented as this is user-defined in an external PROM/
EPROM.Forusersrequiringanon-chippre-programmedwave-
form, the functionally identical MA828 is recommended.
Information contained within the pulse width modulated
sequencescontrolstheshape,powerfrequency,amplitude,and
rotational direction (as defined by the red-yellow-blue phase
sequence) of the output waveform. Parameters such as the
carrier frequency, minimum pulse width, and pulse delay time
may be defined during the initialisation of the device. The pulse
delay time (underlap) controls the delay between turning on and
off the two power switches in each output phase of the inverter
bridge, in order to accommodate variations in the turn-on and
turn-off times of families of power devices.
The MA818 is easily controlled by a microprocessor and its
fully-digitalgenerationofPWMwaveformsgivesunprecedented
accuracy and temperature stability. Precision pulse shaping
capability allows optimum efficiency with any power circuitry.
The device operates as a stand-alone microprocessor periph-
eral,readingthepowerwaveformdirectlyfromaPROM/EPROM
and requiring microprocessor intervention only when operating
parameters need to be changed.
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† = Motorola bus format
An 8-bit multiplexed data bus is used to receive addresses and
datafromthemicroprocessor/controller.ThisisastandardMOTELTM
bus, compatible with most microprocessors/controllers.
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The MA818 is fabricated in CMOS for low power consumption.
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FEATURES
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■ Fully Digital Operation
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■ Interfaces with Most Microprocessors
■ Wide Power-Frequency Range
■ Carrier Frequency Selectable up to 24kHz
■ Waveform Stored in External PROM/EPROM
■ Double Edged Regular Sampling
■ Selectable Minimum Pulse Width and Underlap Time
■ DC Injection Braking
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MOTEL is a registered Trademark of Intel Corp. and Motorola Corp.
Fig. 1 Pin connections – top view (not to scale)