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UC2625: Unstable motor speed using UC2625 driver

Part Number: UC2625

An old design is using UC2625 in a peculiar way: the pwm is generated externally and the RC-OSC is synchronised to it using a transistor and some passive components.

The problem is that the motor is running very unstable at medium speeds. Its ok at low and high speeds.

I have tried a number of things: filtering the Hall sensors, decreasing the rise-time on the Hall sensor signals, better decoupling of Vref etc. etc.

Could it be that the PWM/clocking principle causes a race between set and reset within the chip?

  • Peter,

    Have you tried modifying the PWM/clocking to see if the behavior changes? I'd check this with a scope and see if you see changes in phase/duty/polarity when comparing low speed input vs. medium speed input.

    Regards,

    -Adam

  • Thanks for your suggestion.

    The project has been very reluctant to major changes. The design was made almost ten years ago - when analog isolators where not common - and then put on hold. I guess its therefore the PWM is generated externally and sent through a digital isolator. The motor driver internal clock is synchronised to the incoming PWM signal.

    I cant see any support in the datasheet for using the chip in that way. But its not obvious that it wont work either.  

    /Peter

  • Peter,

    I'm not sure what help you need from me, please let me know.

    Regards,

    -Adam