Pairing feature for driving DC motors with parallel capacitors in overcurrent recovery mode

A system comprising:

• a plurality of direct current (DC) motors;
• a controller circuit comprising:
• a plurality of output terminals, wherein each output terminal of the plurality of output terminals is configured to connect to at least one DC motor of the plurality of DC motors, wherein the plurality of output terminal is configured to connect to a plurality of half-bridge driver circuits;
• protection circuitry, wherein the protection circuitry is configured to be coupled to the plurality of half-bridge driver circuits;
• a memory configured to store pairing information that pairs a first output pin of the circuit to a second output pin output pin of the circuit, and
• logic circuitry configured to:
• control operation of the half-bridge driver circuits;
• retrieve the pairing information from the memory;
• and
• based on the pairing information, configure the protection circuitry to apply a blanking window to at least one half-bridge driver circuit of the plurality of half-bridge driver circuits.

A method comprising:

• controlling, by logic circuitry of a motor controller circuit, a plurality of half-bridge circuits, wherein the motor controller circuit comprises:
• a plurality of output terminals, wherein the plurality of output terminals is configured to connect to a plurality of half-bridge driver circuits;
• and
• protection circuitry, wherein the protection circuitry is configured to be coupled to the plurality of half-bridge driver circuits;
• retrieving, by the logic circuitry, pairing information from a memory, wherein the pairing information comprises information that pairs a first output pin of the motor controler circuit to a second output pin output pin of the motor controler circuit;
• and
• based on the pairing information, configuring the protection circuitry to apply a blanking window to at least one half-bridge driver circuit of the plurality of driver circuits.