Motor Driver Circuit Design with Bridge Amplifier is explained and analyzed in this video. More Amplifier examples are listed below: PID Controller for Servo Motor explained th-cam.com/video/NATBlfABXrA/w-d-xo.html Electric Circuit Analogy for Mechanical System: th-cam.com/video/997hfjGK3_w/w-d-xo.html Strain Gauge Wheatstone Bridge Instrumentation Amplifier Explained th-cam.com/video/io1yBcCsP-Y/w-d-xo.html Push-Pull Power Amplifier th-cam.com/video/866MYibo8yE/w-d-xo.html , Flex Voltage Regulator Example: th-cam.com/video/CJl-urzeiTo/w-d-xo.html Amplifier with -25 to 55 dB Attenuation-Gain range th-cam.com/video/oyz6lTGd2Xo/w-d-xo.html Instrumentation Amplifier with Electronic Gain Control th-cam.com/video/C4tghZ-q6Zs/w-d-xo.html More Analog Circuit Videos are listed in the Analog playlist: th-cam.com/play/PLrwXF7N522y4c7c-8KBjrwd7IyaZfWxyt.html I hope these Circuit design and analysis videos are interesting. 🙂
That circuit would make a lot more sense as an automotive audio amplifier to get 4X the power without needing specialty low-Z speakers and thicker wiring than it does for driving motors of any meaningful power. Driving motors is better left to PWM drivers... single H-bridge driver for reversible DC motor, double-H for steppers, 3ph bridge for most others.
Thanks for sharing your insights & good suggestions. This Bridge Amplifier works well for lower current motors as described at 1:40. For higher current motors we can use power Transistors at the output of Buffer. And to your point th-cam.com/video/EDpu6urAtHA/w-d-xo.html video is about op amp based Bridge Audio Amplifier. 🙂
@@STEMprof What DC motor size would you drive with an analog amplifier? I wouldn't drive anything much over a cell phone vibrator motor with that - low duty cycle sub-1W loads with minimal impact on power draw. For anything much beyond that, the heatsinks you will need for your analog driver will greatly exceed the cost of a D-class amplifier. Putting a totem pole on the opamp output for increased output current/power may help for driving larger loads but doesn't help with efficiency.
That's a great question. Reason is that when high-current Buffer is connected inside the feedback loop of the more accurate (low-drift) precision Op Amp, the offset voltage of the Buffer and other errors are corrected by the open-loop gain and feedback of the op amp. I hope this is helpful.
@@STEMprof I see your point about the feedback loop compensating for inaccuracies inherent in the buffer. So if one is willing to sacrifice some precision, then I think my suggestion could still apply. Thank you.
You are welcome. Yes, if error and its potential accumulation over time are negligible. Otherwise the Buffer in the loop of cheap low-drift amplifier is recommended. Thanks again for the good question. 👍
You are welcome. Glad that you liked this video. Here is an application of this circuit th-cam.com/video/NATBlfABXrA/w-d-xo.html as power driver in PID Controller for Servo Motor. I hope this video is interesting as well. 🙂
I'm not sure i quite understand why the low current amplifier is needed. Couldn't you directly connect the input voltage to the high current output amplifiers?
@christopherventer6391 Reason is, when high-current Buffer is connected inside the feedback loop of the more accurate (low-drift) precision Op Amp, the relatively large offset voltage of the high-current Buffer and other errors are corrected by the open-loop gain and feedback of the low-current low-drift Op Amp. An application of this circuit is in th-cam.com/video/NATBlfABXrA/w-d-xo.html as power driver in PID Controller for Servo Motor. I hope this explanation is helpful.
That's a good question. And the answer is yes as mentioned at 1:40 minute depending on target applications. In this case the target was up to 300mA and hence the proposed Texas Instruments LMH6321 high speed buffer is good enough. For higher current applications, higher power buffers or addition of power transistors might be needed. I hope this is helpful.
Motor Driver Circuit Design with Bridge Amplifier is explained and analyzed in this video. More Amplifier examples are listed below: PID Controller for Servo Motor explained th-cam.com/video/NATBlfABXrA/w-d-xo.html
Electric Circuit Analogy for Mechanical System: th-cam.com/video/997hfjGK3_w/w-d-xo.html
Strain Gauge Wheatstone Bridge Instrumentation Amplifier Explained th-cam.com/video/io1yBcCsP-Y/w-d-xo.html
Push-Pull Power Amplifier th-cam.com/video/866MYibo8yE/w-d-xo.html ,
Flex Voltage Regulator Example: th-cam.com/video/CJl-urzeiTo/w-d-xo.html
Amplifier with -25 to 55 dB Attenuation-Gain range th-cam.com/video/oyz6lTGd2Xo/w-d-xo.html
Instrumentation Amplifier with Electronic Gain Control th-cam.com/video/C4tghZ-q6Zs/w-d-xo.html
More Analog Circuit Videos are listed in the Analog playlist: th-cam.com/play/PLrwXF7N522y4c7c-8KBjrwd7IyaZfWxyt.html I hope these Circuit design and analysis videos are interesting. 🙂
That circuit would make a lot more sense as an automotive audio amplifier to get 4X the power without needing specialty low-Z speakers and thicker wiring than it does for driving motors of any meaningful power. Driving motors is better left to PWM drivers... single H-bridge driver for reversible DC motor, double-H for steppers, 3ph bridge for most others.
Thanks for sharing your insights & good suggestions. This Bridge Amplifier works well for lower current motors as described at 1:40. For higher current motors we can use power Transistors at the output of Buffer. And to your point th-cam.com/video/EDpu6urAtHA/w-d-xo.html video is about op amp based Bridge Audio Amplifier. 🙂
@@STEMprof What DC motor size would you drive with an analog amplifier? I wouldn't drive anything much over a cell phone vibrator motor with that - low duty cycle sub-1W loads with minimal impact on power draw. For anything much beyond that, the heatsinks you will need for your analog driver will greatly exceed the cost of a D-class amplifier.
Putting a totem pole on the opamp output for increased output current/power may help for driving larger loads but doesn't help with efficiency.
@@teardowndan5364 well said and valid point regarding efficiency. Thank you!
Why not configure the buffer amps directly as BTL and ditch the first stage?
That's a great question. Reason is that when high-current Buffer is connected inside the feedback loop of the more accurate (low-drift) precision Op Amp, the offset voltage of the Buffer and other errors are corrected by the open-loop gain and feedback of the op amp. I hope this is helpful.
@@STEMprof I see your point about the feedback loop compensating for inaccuracies inherent in the buffer. So if one is willing to sacrifice some precision, then I think my suggestion could still apply. Thank you.
You are welcome. Yes, if error and its potential accumulation over time are negligible. Otherwise the Buffer in the loop of cheap low-drift amplifier is recommended. Thanks again for the good question. 👍
Very good video, how does one even design this 😂? Nice overall.
You are welcome. Glad that you liked this video. Here is an application of this circuit th-cam.com/video/NATBlfABXrA/w-d-xo.html as power driver in PID Controller for Servo Motor. I hope this video is interesting as well. 🙂
I'm not sure i quite understand why the low current amplifier is needed. Couldn't you directly connect the input voltage to the high current output amplifiers?
@christopherventer6391 Reason is, when high-current Buffer is connected inside the feedback loop of the more accurate (low-drift) precision Op Amp, the relatively large offset voltage of the high-current Buffer and other errors are corrected by the open-loop gain and feedback of the low-current low-drift Op Amp. An application of this circuit is in th-cam.com/video/NATBlfABXrA/w-d-xo.html as power driver in PID Controller for Servo Motor. I hope this explanation is helpful.
@@STEMprof Ah, ok. That makes sense!
Are you sure that an Opamp can drive a motor??
Most likely people use MosFETs
That's a good question. And the answer is yes as mentioned at 1:40 minute depending on target applications. In this case the target was up to 300mA and hence the proposed Texas Instruments LMH6321 high speed buffer is good enough. For higher current applications, higher power buffers or addition of power transistors might be needed. I hope this is helpful.
@@STEMprof it would be better to add a mosfet between the OPAMP and the motor for safety
@ahmedmoustafa6829 Good point. For higher current drive application power transistor is surely needed. Thank you!