Driving a MOSFET in a motor controller application requires driver ICs. Driver ICs generate the current and voltage necessary to turn MOSFETs on and off from the logic output of a DSP, microcontroller, or other logic devices. Infineon's portfolio of industrial gate driver ICs spans from one channel high-side and one channel low-side drivers, up to three-level shift driver ICs. Due to our wide portfolio of gate driver ICs, there’s an Infineon solution for any topology.
These MOSFETs and IGBT drivers provide full driver capability offering extremely fast switching speeds designed-in ruggedness, and low power dissipation. Controlling a motor can be very complex, but no need to be frustrated. Infineon has the right answer to that.
Our dedicated motor control ICs and microcontrollers help to speed up the designing phases of your motor control. iMotion is Infineon's digital motor control family and a ready to use solution for variable speed drives. Its main benefits are a faster sign-in by featuring Infineon's patented motor control engine, MCE, that eliminates software coding from the motor control algorithm development process.
The only thing our customers have to do is configuring the MCE for a respective motor. By using the tools MCE wizard and MCE designer, it is possible to have the motor up and running in less than one hour.
Question to you guys: Is there anything easier getting a motor started than iMotion?
Besides that, Infineon's portfolio for motor control comprises the XMC family. It consists of the XMC1000 family and the XMC4000 family. The XMC1000 series is Infineon 32-bit microcontroller featuring an ARM Cortex-M0 whereas the XMC4000 family integrates an ARM Cortex-M4. Both products can control nearly all motors offering fast peripheral alerts, and enough computing power for ultimate control.
In addition, our customers can use Infineon's dedicated software called DAVE, and it's libraries which enable a fast implementation of sensor and sensor-less control schemes.