Features

■ General features

– Inrush current active management by

power limitation

– Very low standby current

– 3.0 V CMOS compatible input

– Optimized electromagnetic emission

– 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

– Thermal shutdown indication

■ 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 Application

schematic on page 19)

– Electrostatic discharge protection