
Si9990ACS
Vishay Siliconix
S-60752—Rev. C, 05-Apr-99
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PIN DESCRIPTION
POWER SUPPLIES
Function
Pin Number
Description
V
DD
V
MOT
61
+5-V supply for VCM and spindle controller logic.
7, 8, 57, 58
+5-V supply for VCM and spindle drivers.
V
CLAMP
53
Inductive flyback clamp and emergency head retract power supply. This pin is shorted to V
MOT
 by 
an on-chip switch during normal operation. The switch eliminates the need for an external 
Schottky diode.
AGND
24
Low noise ground return for critical analog functions
GND
3, 4, 11, 12, 36, 37, 
38, 39, 42, 43
Ground return for the entire chip. All ground pins are connected to each other through the die 
substrate and lead frame. The large number of direct connections to the lead frame lowers 
thermal impedance and improves power dissipation.
CHS
56
Output of the dc-todc converter, used to power VCM and spindle drive MOSFETs. The converter 
is a 3X charge pump capable of sourcing 5 mA. An external >0.1 μF capacitor between Pin 56 
and ground is necessary.
CP2H
59
Positive side of the external 3X charge pump capacitor.
CP1H
60
Positive side of the external 2X charge pump capacitor.
CP2
54
500-kHz oscillator output, used to drive the 3X charge pump.
CP1
55
Inverted output of the on-chip 500-kHz oscillator, used to drive the external 2X charge pump 
capacitor.
V
ADIN
23
Low noise +5-V supply pin for the on-chip reference generator.
V
R
22
Output of the on-chip reference generator: V
R
 = V
ADIN
/2. This is used as the dc reference level for 
all analog signals.
VOICE COIL MOTOR DRIVER
Function
Pin Number
Description
GAIN
SELECT
2
Input pin used to select VCM transconductance. A high input sets the gain to the maximum and a 
low input sets the gain to be 
1
/
4
 of the maximum.
Inverting input of servo PWM filter amplifier. 
V
DAC
16
OA3
15
Output of servo PWM filter amplifier. Connect R
 network from this pin to V
DAC
 to set filter 
bandwidth. A positive OA3 relative to V
R
 will set V
CM
 output current positive.
Inverting input of V
CM
 loop compensation amplifier.
Output of V
 loop compensation amplifier. Connect lead-lag network from this pin to IA4 to set 
desired loop bandwidth.
IA4
14
OA4
13
I
SENSE 
IN+
62
Positive input terminal for V
CM
 current sense amplifier. This pin connects to external sense 
resistor and V
CM
.
Negative input terminal for V
CM
 current sense amplifier. This pin connects to the other side of 
sense resistor and OUT+ pin.
I
SENSE 
IN-
63
I
SENSE 
OUT
OUT+
64
Output terminal of V
CM
 current sense amplifier.
V
CM
 power amplifier positive output terminal. Current from OUT+ is positive.
V
 power amplifier negative output terminal. During head retract, V
CM
 output current will be 
negative, or flowing from this pin into the V
CM
 load.
Control pin for head retract current (nominally 0.25 V). An external resistor is connected to this 
pin. The current is amplified 200 times at the V
CM
 driver.
An external capacitor is connected to this pin to set the maximum head retract time, t
 = 514 k
x C
. At the end of the delay, the spindle motor is set to brake. A head retract may also be 
forced, by asserting this pin low.
5, 6
OUT-
9, 10
I
RET
1
C
DLY
21