ST VNQ5E160AKTR-E

The VNQ5E160AK-E is a double channel highside driver manufactured in the ST proprietary VIPower M0-5 technology and housed in the tiny PowerSSO-24 package. The VNQ5E160AK-E is designed to drive 12V automotive grounded loads delivering protection, diagnostics and easy 3V and 5V CMOS compatible interface with any microcontroller. The device integrates advanced protective functions such as load current limitation, inrush and overload active management by power limitation, over-temperature shut-off with auto-restart and over-voltage active clamp. A dedicated analog current sense pin is associated with every output channel in order to provide Ehnanced diagnostic functions including fast detection of overload and short-circuit to ground through power limitation indication, overtemperature indication, short-circuit to Vcc diagnosis and on & off state open load detection. The current sensing and diagnostic feedback of the whole device can be disabled by pulling the CS_DIS pin high to allow sharing of the external sense resistor with other similar devices.

• Inrush current active management by power limitation
• Very low stand-by 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
• Proportional load current sense
• High current sense precision for wide currents range
• Current sense disable
• Off state openload detection
• Output short to Vcc detection
• Thermal shutdown indication
• Overload and short to ground (power limitation) indication
• Undervoltage shutdown
• Overvoltage clamp
• Load current limitation
• Self limiting of fast thermal transients
• Protection against loss of ground and loss of VCC
• Over-temperature shutdown with autorestart (thermal shutdown)
• Reverse battery protected
• Electrostatic discharge protection

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