DRV871x-Q1 Half-Bridge Smart Gate Drivers Texas Instruments DRV871x-Q1 Half-Bridge Smart Gate Drivers are highly integrated, multi-channel gate drivers that are intended for driving multiple motors or loads. The devices integrate either 4 (DRV8714-Q1) or 8 (DRV8718-Q1) half-bridge gate drivers, driver power supplies, current shunt amplifiers, and protection monitors, reducing total system complexity, size, and cost. A smart gate-drive architecture manages dead time to prevent shoot-through, controls slew rate to decrease electromagnetic interference (EMI), and optimizes propagation delay for optimal performance.