Description
The VNQ5E160AK-E is a double channel high-side 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.

Features
■ General
   – 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
■ Diagnostic functions
   – 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
■ Protections
   – 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 (see Figure 32)
   – Electrostatic discharge protection

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