Features
• General
– Inrush current active management by
power limitation
– Very low standby current
– 3 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
current range
– Current sense disable
– OFF-state open-load detection
– Output short to VCC detection
– Overload and short to ground (power
limitation) indication
– 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
– Overtemperature shut down with
autorestart (thermal shutdown)

Applications
• All types of resistive, inductive and capacitive
loads
• Suitable as LED driver