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
• 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 indication
– 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)

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