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L9333
FU NCTIONAL DESCRIPTION
The L9333 is a quad low side driver for l ines, lamps or i nductive loads in automoti ve and i ndustrial applicati ons.
The logic input levels are 3.3V CMOS compatible. This allows the device to be dr iven directly by a microcon-
troller. For the noise immunity, all input thresholds have a hysteresis of typ. 100mV. Each input (IN, EN and
PRG) is protected to withstand vol tages from -14V to 45V. The devi ce is activ ated with a 'high' signal on E Nable.
ENable 'low' switches the device into the sleep mode. In this mode the quiescent current is typically less than
2µA. A high si gnal on PRoGramming input c hanges the signal transfer pol arity from noninv erting to the inver ting
mode. This pin can be connected either to V
S
or GND. If these pins are not connected, the forced status of the
PRG and EN pin is low. For packaged applications it is still recommended to connect all input pins to ground
respective VS to avoid EMC influence. The forced condition leads to a mode change if the PRG pin was high
before the inte rruption. Independent of the PRoGramming input, the OU Tput switches off, i f the s ignal INput pin
is not connected. This function is verified using a leakage current of 5µA (sink for PRG=high; source for
PRG=low) during circuit test.
Each output driver has a current limitation of min 0.4A and an independent thermal shut-down. The thermal
shut- down deactivates that output, which exceeds temperature s witc h off lev el. When the juncti on temperatur e
decreases 20K below this temper ature threshold the output will be activated again. This 20K is the hysteresis
of the thermal shutdown function. The Gates, of the output DMOS transistors are charged and discharged with
a current source. Ther efore the output slope is limited. This reduces the electromagnetic radiation. For induc-
tive loads an output voltage clamp of typically 52V is implemented.
The DIAGnostic is an open drain output. The logic status depends on the PRoGramming pin. If the PRG pin is
'low' the DIAG output becomes low, if the device works correctly. At thermal shut-down of one channel or if the
ground is disconnected the DIAGnostic output becomes high. If the PRG pin is 'high' this output is switched off
at normal function and s witched on at overtemper ature. For the fault conditi on of inter rupted ground, the poten-
tial of VS and Diagnostic should be equal.
DIAGNO STIC TABLE
X = not relevant
* selective for each channel at overtemperature
Pins EN PRG IN OUT DIAG
Normal function H L L L (on) L (on)
H L H H (off) L (on)
H H L H (off) H (off)
H H H L (on) H (off)
L X X H (off) H (off)
Overtemperature,
disconnected ground or
supply voltage
HLX
H (off) *H (off)
Overtemperature H H X H(off) *L(on)