Features

■ General features

– Inrush current active management by

power limitation

– Very low stand-by current

– 3.0V CMOS compatible input

– Optimized electromagnetic emission

– 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 range

currents

– Current sense disable

– Thermal shutdown indication

– Very low current sense leakage

■ Protection

– Undervoltage shut-down

– Overvoltage clamp

– Load current limitation

– Self limiting of fast thermal transients

– Protection against loss of ground and loss

of Vcc

– Thermal shut down

– Reverse battery protection (see Application

schematic)

– Electrostatic discharge protection