VNI2140 Overview
The VNI2140J is a monolithic device designed using STMicroelectronics' VIPower technology. The device drives two independent resistive or inductive loads with one side connected to ground. Active current limitation prevents a drop in system power supply in cases of shorted-load, and built-in thermal shutdown protects the chip from damage due to overtemperature and short-circuit.
VNI2140 Key Features
- Nominal current: 0.75 A per channel
- Shorted-load protections
- Junction overtemperature protection
- Case overtemperature protection for thermal independence of the channels
- Thermal case shutdown restart not simultaneous for the various channels
- Protection against loss of ground
- Current limitation 1 A per channel
- Undervoltage shutdown
- Open-load in OFF-state and short to VCC detection
- Open-drain diagnostic outputs