Description
The VN5E050MJ-E is a single channel high-side driver manufactured in the ST proprietary VIPower™ M0-5 technology and housed in the tiny PowerSSO-12 package. The VN5E050MJ-E is designed to drive 12 V automotive grounded loads delivering protection, diagnostics and easy 3 V and 5 V CMOS compatible interface with any microcontroller.
Features
◾ General
– Inrush current active management by
power limitation
– Very low standby current
– 3.0 V CMOS compatible inputs
– Optimized electromagnetic emissions
– Very low electromagnetic susceptibility
– In compliance with the 2002/95/EC
european directive
– Very low current sense leakage
◾ Diagnostic functions
– Proportional load current sense
– High current sense precision for wide
currents range
– Current sense disable
– Overload and short to ground (power
limitation) indication
– Thermal shutdown indication
◾ Protections
– Undervoltage shutdown
– Overvoltage clamp
– Load current limitation
– Self limiting of fast thermal transients
– Protection against loss of ground and loss
of VCC
– Overtemperature shutdown with auto
restart (thermal shutdown)
– Reverse battery protected (see Figure 29)
– Electrostatic discharge protection