SLDS272 September 2024 DRV81620-Q1
ADVANCE INFORMATION
In case of a short circuit with channels in parallel, it may happen that the two channels switch OFF asynchronously, therefore bringing an additional thermal stress to the channel that switches OFF last. In order to avoid this condition, it is possible to configure in the SPI registers the parallel operation of two neighbour channels (using PAR bits). When operating in this mode, the fastest channel to react to an OverLoad or Over Temperature condition will deactivate also the other channel. The inductive energy that two parallel channels can handle is lower than twice the single channel energy. It is possible to synchronize the following couple of channels together:
channel 0 and channel 2 → PAR0 set to 1b
channel 1 and channel 3 → PAR1 set to 1b
channel 4 and channel 6 → PAR2 set to 1b
channel 5 and channel 7 → PAR3 set to 1b
The synchronization bits influence only how the channels react to Overcurrent or Over Temperature conditions. Synchronized channels have to be switched ON and OFF individually by the microcontroller.