CEMF Snubbing Techniques
Care must be taken to protect the IC from potentially
damaging CEMF spikes induced when commutating currents
in inductive loads. Typical practice is to provide snubbing of
voltage transients by placing a capacitor or zener at the motor
supply voltage terminal (VM) (see Figure 5).
5.0 V
5.0 V
175XX
VDD
VM
C1L
C1H
C2L
C2H
OUT
CRES
OUT
GND
5.0 V 5.0 V
175XX
VDD
VM
C1L
C1H
C2L
C2H
OUT
CRES
OUT
GND
Figure 5. CEMF Snubbing Techniques
MOTOROLA ANALOG INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE DATA
17550
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