ANH004: AP1307 Application Board Manual Two Coil Fan Motor pre-driver

Reference design by: Diodes Incorporated

ANH004: AP1307 Application Board Manual Two Coil Fan Motor pre-driver

ANH004 Application Circuit for the AP1307 fan motor pre-driver is suited for two-coil brush-less DC fans. All functions, including lock shut-down, automatic restart and rotation detection (RD), have been incorporated into one chip. When the motor is under lock condition, the lock shut-down function turns off the output current. When the lock condition is removed, the IC automatically restarts and allows the DC fan to run