7.3.8.2 MOSFET Shoot-Through Protection (TDRIVE)
DRV8305-Q1 integrates analog handshaking and digital dead time to prevent shoot-through in the external MOSFETs.
- An internal handshake through analog comparators is performed between each high-side and low-side MOSFET switching transaction (see Smart Gate Drive Architecture: TDRIVE). The handshake monitors the voltage between the gate and source of the external MOSFET to ensure the device has reached its cutoff threshold before enabling the opposite MOSFET.
- A minimum dead time (digital) of 40 ns is always inserted after each successful handshake. This digital dead time is programmable through the DEAD_TIME SPI setting in register 0x7, bits D6-D4 and is in addition to the time taken for the analog handshake.