Madhu Annapragada wrote:
 >
 > I can't remember off hand if the L298 has an internal shoot-through
 > prevention in place? If not, that would be one of the potential
pitfalls in
 > your scheme. You have to have some dead time between one leg of the
bridge
 > turning off and the other turning on (FET turn off and turn on times
are not
 > the same ...you might recall the theory about minority carriers
lifetime in
 > FETs from semiconductor physics).
[...]

Yes, the L298 has internal shoot-through protection. But thanks for the
info. B.t.w., it is a bipolar, not a FET device.

<jeff

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