Description

The VN5E016AFH-E is a single channel high-side

driver manufactured using ST proprietary

VIPower™ M0-5 technology and housed in HPak

package. The device is designed to drive 12 V

automotive grounded loads, and delivering

protection and diagnostics. It also implements 3 V

and 5 V CMOS compatible interface for use with

any microcontroller.

The device integrates advanced protective

functions such as load current limitation, inrush

and overload active management by power

limitation, overtemperature shut-off with auto

restart and overvoltage active clamp.

A dedicated analog current sense pin is

associated with every output channel providing

enhanced diagnostic functions. These functions

include fast detection of overload and short-circuit

to ground through power limitation indication,

overtemperature indication, short-circuit to VCC

diagnosis and ON-state and OFF-state open-load

detection.

The current sensing and diagnostic feedback of

the whole device can be disabled by pulling the

CS_DIS pin high to share external sense resistor

with similar devices.

Features

■ General

– Inrush current active management by

power limitation

– Very low standby current

– 3.0 V CMOS compatible inputs

– Optimized electromagnetic emissions

– Very low electromagnetic susceptibility

– In compliance with the 2002/95/EC

European directive

■ Diagnostic functions

– Proportional load current sense

– High current sense precision for wide

current range

– Current sense disable

– Off-state open-load detection

– Output short to VCC indication

– Overload and short to ground (power

limitation) indication

– Thermal shutdown indication

■ Protections

– Undervoltage shutdown

– Overvoltage clamp

– Load current limitation

– Self limiting of fast thermal transients

– Protection against loss of ground and loss

of VCC

– Overtemperature shutdown with auto

restart (thermal shutdown)

– Reverse battery protected

– Electrostatic discharge protection

Applications

■ All types of resistive, inductive and capacitive

loads

■ Suitable as LED driver