STMicroelectronics VNQ5E050AK Evaluation Board EV-VNQ5E050AK EV-VNQ5E050AK Data Sheet
Product codes
EV-VNQ5E050AK
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September 2013
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EV-VNQ5E050AK
VNQ5E050AK evaluation board
Data brief
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production data
Features
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Simple single IC application board dedicated
for VNQ5E050AK-E
for VNQ5E050AK-E
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Provides thermal heat-sinking for ease of use
in prototyping
in prototyping
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Provides electrical connectivity for easy
prototyping
prototyping
Description
EV-VNQ5E050AK provides you an easy way to
connect ST’s surface mounted VIPower
connect ST’s surface mounted VIPower
®
drivers
into your existing prototype circuitry. This
evaluation board comes pre-assembled with
VNQ5E050AK-E high-side driver.
evaluation board comes pre-assembled with
VNQ5E050AK-E high-side driver.
The VNQ5E050AK-E is a quad channel
high-side driver manufactured using ST
proprietary VIPower M0-5 technology and housed
in PowerSSO-24 package. The VNQ5E050AK-E
is designed to drive 12 V automotive grounded
loads, providing protection, diagnostics and easy
3 V and 5 V CMOS-compatible interface with any
microcontroller.
high-side driver manufactured using ST
proprietary VIPower M0-5 technology and housed
in PowerSSO-24 package. The VNQ5E050AK-E
is designed to drive 12 V automotive grounded
loads, providing protection, diagnostics and easy
3 V and 5 V CMOS-compatible interface with any
microcontroller.
The device integrates advanced protective
functions such as load current limitation, inrush
and overload active management by power
limitation, overtemperature shut-off with auto-
restart and overvoltage active clamp. A dedicated
analog current sense pin is associated with every
functions such as load current limitation, inrush
and overload active management by power
limitation, overtemperature shut-off with auto-
restart and overvoltage active clamp. A dedicated
analog current sense pin is associated with every
output channel provides enhanced diagnostic
functions including fast detection of overload and
short-circuit to ground through power limitation
indication, overtemperature indication, short-
circuit to V
functions including fast detection of overload and
short-circuit to ground through power limitation
indication, overtemperature indication, short-
circuit to V
CC
diagnosis and ON-state and
OFF-state open-load detection.
The current sensing and diagnostic feedback of
the whole device can be disabled by pulling the
CS_DIS pin high to share the external sense
resistor with similar devices.
the whole device can be disabled by pulling the
CS_DIS pin high to share the external sense
resistor with similar devices.
Figure 1.
VNQ5E050AK evaluation board
Parameter
Symbol
Value
Unit
Max supply voltage
V
CC
41
V
Operating voltage range
V
CC
4.5 to 28
V
Max On-State resistance
R
ON
50
m
Ω
Current limitation (typ)
I
LIMH
27
A
Off-state supply current
I
S
2 µA
(1)
1.
Typical value with all loads connected.
Table 1.
Device summary
Order code
Reference
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VNQ5E050AK evaluation board