Motor Driver ICs

Overview

Allegro MicroSystems, LLC. offers an industry-leading portfolio of motor driver and controller ICs for brushless DC, brush DC, and stepper motors. Product architectures vary from highly-efficient internal DMOS drivers to MOSFET controller ICs suited for a wide variety of motor applications. Coupled with a strong system-level expertise, Allegro’s motor driver IC portfolio provides the user with a high-performance, leading-edge and reliable motor control solution.

Allegro's BCD (bipolar, CMOS and DMOS components) technology allows for a wide range of features that is well suited for today’s demanding motor control applications. Using the tabs, view key application uses for Allegro’s motor driver ICs:

  • Security
  • Printers
  • White Goods
  • Industrial
  • Consumer
Brushless DC Motor Drivers Brush DC Motor Drivers Stepper Motor Drivers
  • Internal DMOS outputs or gate controllers to drive external MOSFETs
  • Direct control of external MOSFETs
  • PWM or analog speed control
  • Sensorless- or Hall sensor-based commutation control
  • Six-step trapezoidal drive
  • Sinusoidal drive (Low audible noise)
  • High-speed operation
  • Robust protection features
  • Extensive diagnostics features
  • Low standby current for energy efficiency
  • Internal DMOS high-current outputs or gate controllers to driver external MOSFETs
  • Parallel interfaces with forward, reverse, coast, and brake modes
  • Strong protection and diagnostic features
  • Fixed off-time PWM current control
  • Step/Direction, Parallel and Serial interfaces
  • Microstepping current control
  • Low sleep-mode current
  • Diagnostic outputs
  • Robust protection features
  • Fixed off-time PWM current control
  • Slow, fast, and mixed current decay-mode control
  • Synchronous rectification

 

 

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