A3979

A3979 Microstepping DMOS Driver with Translator FEATURES AND BENEFITS ▪ ±2.5 A, 35 V output rating ▪ Low RDS(On) outputs: 0.28 Ω source, 0.22 Ω sink, typical ▪ Automatic current decay mode detection/selection ▪ 3.0 to 5.5 V logic supply voltage range ▪ Slow, Fast or Mixed current decay modes ▪ Home output ▪ Synchronous rectification for low power dissipation ▪ Internal UVLO and thermal shutdown circuitry ▪ Crossover-current protection PACKAGE: 28 lead TSSOP (suffix LP) with exposed thermal pad Not to scale DESCRIPTION The A3979 is a complete microstepping motor driver with built-in translator, designed as a pin-compatible replacement for the successful A3977, with enhanced microstepping (1/16 step) precision. It is designed to operate bipolar stepper motors in full-, half-, quarter-, and sixteenth-step modes, with an output drive capacity of up to 35 V and ±2.5 A. The A3979 includes a fixed off-time current regulator that has the ability to operate in Slow, Fast, or Mixed decay modes. This current-decay control scheme results in reduced audible motor noise, increased step accuracy, and reduced power dissipation. The translator is the key to the easy implementation of the A3979. It allows the simple input of one pulse on the STEP pin to drive the motor one microstep, which can be either a full step, half, quarter, or sixteenth, depending on the setting of the MS1 and MS2 logic inputs. There are no phase-sequence tables, high-frequency control lines, or complex interfaces to ...