PROFET+ Family - Smart High-Side Switches
The new PROFET™+ Family delivers easy plug and place modularity between single- and dual-channel discrete Smart High-Side Switches.
PROFET™+ contains three single-channel devices with 30, 45 and 90 mΩ RDS(on) and is specifically designed to drive light bulbs and LEDs in the harsh automotive environment. The devices provide state-of-the-art diagnostics and protection features. Their high current sense accuracy enables them to diagnose even the smallest loads such as LEDs. The family's very high short circuit robustness is a benchmark in the market. All family members have an identical feature set – once you know one device, you know them all.
The new single-channel devices in the small DSO8 exposed pad package have the same small footprint as dual-channel family members in the DSO14 exposed pad package (2x20-180 mΩ). This modularity gives engineers maximum design flexibility to change loads and devices without having to make major modifications to board layout.
The complete PROFET™+ family will range from 8...180 mΩ RDS(on).
PROFET+ Family Key Features
- N-channel MOSFET with charge pump
- Voltage dependent current limitation
- Overtemperature protection with auto-restart
- Very high robustness against repetitive short circuit (100 k cycles)
- Highly accurate proportional load current sense for diagnostic feedback of smallest loads (LEDs)
- PWM capability up to 200 Hz for bulbs and 400 Hz for LEDs
- Very low standby current (<0.5 µA)
- Pin compatibility in PG-DSO14 and PG-DSO8 exposed pad packages
- RoHS & ELV compliance
Key Applications
- 12 V grounded high-side loads from 5 A down to 0.5 A (permanent/channel)
- Qualified for automotive applications such as lighting, body control modules, heating, energy/power distribution
- Various industrial applications
- Capacitive loads such as bulbs, lamps with high inrush currents or LEDs with low currents
- Resistive loads such as heating streamers
- Inductive loads such as electromagnetic valves
- “Electronic” loads such as control unit power supplies
- Replacement of electromechanical relays, fuses and discrete circuits
