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)

Applications

• All types of resistive, inductive and capacitive

loads

• Suitable as LED driver