Features
■ Main
– 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
– Open drain status output
– On state open load detection
– Off state open load detection
– Thermal shutdown indication
■ Protections
– Undervoltage shut-down
– Overvoltage clamp
– Output stuck to VCC detection
– 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 Figure 27)
– Electrostatic discharge protection

Application
■ All types of resistive, inductive and capacitive
loads