Toshiba Corporation's (TOKYO: 6502) Storage & Electronic Devices Solutions Company today announced the launch of “TB67S209FTG”, a stepping motor driver with an architecture that lowers noise and vibration during motor operation. Mass production is slated to begin at the end of December.

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Toshiba:"TB67S209FTG", a stepping motor driver with an architecture that lowers noise and vibration during motor operation. (Photo: Business Wire)

High speed, high performance motor control is essential for printers, office automation equipment, banking terminals such as ATMs, cash dispensers, amusement machines, and home appliances. Recent customer demand for stepping motor control have centered on demands for lower noise and vibration, as equipment is used in increasingly diverse environments.

The key to reducing noise and vibration in a stepping motor is highly efficient operation with accurate current control. Adoption of Selectable Mixed Decay (SMD)^[1], a current adjustment function, allows the new IC to reduce noise and vibration by selecting the appropriate SMD setting suitable for the motor.

Use of Toshiba’s state-of-the-art high voltage analog process also improves performance, as it allows the driver to achieve a 50V maximum rating and integrates low on resistance^[2] MOSFETs for the motor output to operate at 0.49 Ω (upper + lower: typ.).

Main Features

1. Low noise and vibration

High-resolution 1/32 step (max.) motor control and the new motor control architecture with SMD lower noise and vibration.

2. Less heat generation

Heat generation is reduced by low on resistance (0.49 Ω (upper + lower: typ.)).

3. Small package

Packaging in a small QFN package will allow customers to reduce heat problems and simplify PCB design patterns for heat dissipation. It will also realize an affordable solution in terms of space and cost.

4. Built-in error detection circuits

Thermal shutdown, over-current shutdown and under voltage lock out circuits contribute to equipment safety and reliability.

[1] SMD: Selectable Mixed Decay. A method that allows setting the ideal current for a motor’s characteristics.

[2] On resistance: Resistance in applying current. When resistance is low, power loss from driving the motor is small and heat generation is reduced.

For more information about the new product, please visit:

https://toshiba.semicon-storage.com/info/lookup.jsp?pid=TB67S209FTG&region=apc&lang=en

Customer Inquiries

Mixed Signal IC Sales and Marketing Department

Tel: +81-44-548-2821

https://toshiba.semicon-storage.com/ap-en/contact.html

*Information in this document, including product prices and specifications, content of services and contact information, is current on the date of the announcement but is subject to change without prior notice.

About Toshiba

Toshiba Corporation, a Fortune Global 500 company, channels world-class capabilities in advanced electronic and electrical product and systems into three focus business fields: Energy that sustains everyday life, that is cleaner and safer; Infrastructure that sustains quality of life; and Storage that sustains the advanced information society. Guided by the principles of The Basic Commitment of the Toshiba Group, “Committed to People, Committed to the Future”, Toshiba promotes global operations and is contributing to the realization of a world where generations to come can live better lives.

Founded in Tokyo in 1875, today’s Toshiba is at the heart of a global network of 550 consolidated companies employing 188,000 people worldwide, with annual sales surpassing 5.6 trillion yen (US$50 billion). (As of March 31, 2016.)

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Media contact:

Toshiba Corporation

Storage & Electronic Devices Solutions Company

Chiaki Nagasawa, +81-3-3457-4963

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