SDAA048
July 2025
DRV8376
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Abstract
Trademarks
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Introduction
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Advantages and Challenges of Low-Side Current Sensing with DRV8376
2.1
Advantages of Low Side Current Sensing
2.1.1
Low Common Mode Voltage
2.1.2
Cost Effectiveness
2.2
Challenges of Low side Current Sensing
2.2.1
Gain Error
2.2.2
Temperature Drift
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DRV8376 Current Sense Amplifier (CSA) Architecture
3.1
Gain Error vs Temperature
3.2
Calibration Methods
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Summary
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References
Application Note
Optimizing Low-Side Current Sensing with DRV8376: Mitigating Gain Error and Temperature Drift