Description and application of VN7010AJTR chip

Description

The device is a single channel high-side driver

manufactured using ST proprietary VIPower? M0-

7 technology and housed in PowerSSO-16

package. The device is designed to drive 12 V

automotive grounded loads through a 3 V and

5 V CMOS-compatible interface, providing

protection and diagnostics.

The device integrates advanced protective

functions such as load current limitation, overload

active management by power limitation and

overtemperature shutdown with configurable

latch-off.

A FaultRST pin unlatches the output in case of

fault or disables the latch-off functionality.

A dedicated multifunction multiplexed analog

output pin delivers sophisticated diagnostic

functions including high precision proportional

load current sense, supply voltage feedback and

chip temperature sense, in addition to the

detection of overload and short circuit to ground,

short to VCC and OFF-state open-load.

A sense enable pin allows OFF-state diagnosis to

be disabled during the module low-power mode

as well as external sense resistor sharing among

similar devices.