HIGH-CURRENT HALF-BRIDGE PRINTHEAD/MOTOR DRIVER—WITH INTERNAL CURRENT SENSING AND CONTROL

The UDN2961B and UDN2961W are 3.4 A half bridges designed specifically for driving solenoid printheads, stepper motors, and dc motors. The UDN2961B/W consists of a power source driver output, a power sink driver output, a flyback recovery diode, internal current sensing circuitry, and a user-selectable fixed off-time chopper circuit.

FEATURES
■3.4 A, 45 V Source and Sink Drivers
■Internal Current Sensing
■User-Selectable Fixed Off-Time PWM Current Control
■Internal Flyback Diode
■Low Output Saturation Voltage
■Chip Enable
■Fast or Slow Current-Decay Modes
■Programmable Blanking Window
■Internal Thermal Shutdown Circuitry