Features

■ General

– Inrush current active management by

power limitation

– Very low stand-by current

– 3.0V CMOS compatible inputs

– Optimized electromagnetic emissions

– Very low electromagnetic susceptibility

– In compliance with the 2002/95/EC

european directive

■ Diagnostic functions

– Open Drain status output

– On-state open load detection

– Off-state open load detection

– Output short to VCC detection

– Overload and short to ground (power

limitation) indication

– Thermal shut-down indication

■ Protections

– Undervoltage shut-down

– Overvoltage clamp

– Load current limitation

– Self limiting of fast thermal transients

– Protection against loss of ground and loss

of VCC

– Over-temperature shut-down with

autorestart (thermal shut-down)

– Reverse battery protected (a)

– Electrostatic discharge protection

Application

■ All types of resistive, inductive and capacitive

loads