UM1693 Datasheet, PDF (1/196 Pages) STMicroelectronics – M0-7 standard high-side drivers hardware design guide

UM1693
User manual
VIPower^® M0-7 standard high-side drivers hardware design guide
Introduction
VIPower^® parallel high-side drivers have reached the 7th generation of smart power drivers
(internally called M0-7). In this latest set of drivers all the experience and knowhow from
existing features of the previous generations as well as new features have been
implemented.
The continuous increasing demanding requirements from automotive customers in terms of
quality, reliability, flexibility and cost effective system solutions represent the basic factor of
new protection feature concept (latch off in overload condition beside the already known
auto restart feature) and new diagnostic features like real time device case temperature and
battery terminal voltage sensing beside the already existing output current sensing available
to the microcontroller in a unique “MultiSense” pin.
Purpose of this user manual is to give a comprehensive “tool kit” for a better understanding
of the behavior of the M0-7 parallel High Side Drivers (abbreviation HSDs) in their
application usage context and thus allowing the design engineer an easier design in.
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