This reference design is for high-speed sensorless trapezoidal control of 6–33.6 V DC-fed brushless DC (BLDC) motors up to 900 W and motor speeds of up to 180:000 rpm (verified up to 100:000 rpm). A costeffective smart microcontroller with a hardware detection of the commutation points accelerates the sensorless trapezoidal control using speed-adaptive Back EMF (BEMF) detection. The BLDC power stage is compact: optimized for efficiency: and fully protected against short circuit: motor stall: and overtemperature: due to the smart three-phase gate driver.