Features

• AEC-Q100 qualified

• Extreme low voltage operation for deep cold cranking applications (compliant

with LV124, revision 2013)

• General

– Quad channel smart high-side driver with current sense analog feedback

– Very low standby current

– Compatible with 3 V and 5 V CMOS outputs

• Current sense diagnostic functions

– Multiplexed analog feedback of load current with high precision proportional

current mirror

– Overload and short to ground (power limitation) indication

– Thermal shutdown indication

– OFF-state open-load detection (with external pull-up)

– Output short to VCC detection

– Sense enable/disable

• Protections

– Undervoltage shutdown

– Overvoltage clamp

– Load current limitation

– Self limiting of fast thermal transients

– Configurable latch-off on overtemperature or power limitation with

dedicated fault reset pin

– Loss of ground and loss of VCC

– Reverse battery through self turn-on

– Electrostatic discharge protection

Applications

• Automotive resistive, inductive and capacitive loads

• Protected supply for ADAS systems: radars and sensors

• Automotive lamps: P27W or SAE1156

Description

The VNQ9025AJ is a quad channel high-side driver manufactured using ST

proprietary VIPower M0-9 technology and housed in PowerSSO-16 package. The

device is designed to drive 12 V automotive grounded loads through a 3 V and 5 V

CMOS-compatible interface, providing protection and diagnostics.

The device integrates advanced protective functions such as load current limitation,

overload active management by power limitation and overtemperature shutdown with

configurable latch-off.

A FaultRST pin unlatches the output in case of fault or disables the latch-off

functionality.

A dedicated multifunction multiplexed analog output pin delivers diagnostic functions

including high precision proportional load current sense, in addition to the detection

of overload and short circuit to ground, short to VCC and OFF-state open-load.

A sense enable pin allows OFF-state diagnosis to be disabled during the module

low-power mode as well as external sense resistor sharing among similar devices.