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this IC Have a good protection circuit such as :
1) Undervoltage Shut Down: To avoid uncontrolled motion of the driven motor at low voltages the device shuts off .
if the Supply voltage VUV(OFF) droped under 5.4V , The Motor driver will switched Off , And won't turned on untill the Supply voltage increased to 5.5V Or more .
2)Overtemperature Protection: The BTS 7960 is protected against overtemperature by an integrated temperature
sensor. Overtemperature leads to a shut down of both output stages.
3)Current Limitation : The current in the bridge is measured in both switches, High and Low side ,if The current reaching the limit current (Iclx) the switch is deactivated and the other switch is activated for a certain time(Tcls).