Features

■ General features:

– Inrush current active management by

power limitation

– Very low standby 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

current range

– Current sense disable

– Thermal shutdown indication

– Very low current sense leakage

■ Protection:

– Undervoltage shutdown

– Overvoltage clamp

– Load current limitation

– Self limiting of fast thermal transients

– Protection against loss of ground and loss of VCC

– Thermal shutdown

– Reverse battery protection (see Figure 25)

– Electrostatic discharge protection