FEATURES
Extremely Low R
Switch: 0.07
DS(ON)
No Parasitic Body Diode
Built-In Short-Circuit Protection: 2A
Built-In Thermal Overload Protection
Operates from 2.7V to 5.5V
Inrush Current Limited
Ultralow Standby Current: 0.01 A
Built-In Charge Pump
Controlled Rise and Fall Times: t
Single Switch in 8-Pin SO Package
Dual Switch in Narrow 16-Pin SO Package
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APPLICATIONS
Notebook Computer Power Management
Power Supply/Load Protection
Supply/Battery Switch-Over Circuits
Circuit Breaker Function
"Hot Swap" Board Protection
Peripheral Power Protection
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SI PLIFIED BLOCK
DIAGRAM
V
INS
GATE CHARGE
AND
DISCHARGE
CONTROL LOGIC
CURRENT LIMIT
CHARGE
EN
AND THERMAL
PUMP
SHUTDOWN
*NMOS SWITCHES WITH NO PARASITIC BODY DIODES
Single and Dual Protected
DESCRIPTION
The LTC
provide extremely low R
protection against short-circuit and thermal overload con-
ditions. A built-in charge pump generates gate drive
higher than the supply voltage to fully enhance the internal
NMOS switch. This switch has no parasitic body diode and
therefore no current flows through the switch when it is
turned off and the output is forced above the input supply
= 1ms
voltage. (DMOS switches have parasitic body diodes that
R
become forward biased under these conditions.)
Two levels of protection are provided by the
LTC1477/LTC1478. The first level of protection is short-
circuit current limit which is set at 2A. The short-circuit
current can be reduced to as low as 0.85A by disconnect-
ing portions of the power device (see Applications Infor-
mation). The second level of protection is provided by
thermal overload protection which limits the die tempera-
ture to approximately 130 C.
The LTC1477 single is available in 8-lead SO packaging.
The LTC1478 dual is available in 16-lead SO packaging.
, LTC and LT are registered trademarks of Linear Technology Corporation.
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V
V
V
IN1
IN2
IN3
*
*
*
V
OUT
LTC1477/1478 • TA01
LTC1477/LTC1478
High Side Switches
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®
1477/LTC1478 protected high side switches
switching with built-in
DS(ON)
Switch Output Voltage
5.20
T
= 25 C
A
V
= V
= V
= V
= 5V
5.10
IN1
IN2
IN3
INS
5.00
4.90
4.80
4.70
4.60
0
0.25
0.5
0.75
1.00
1.25
OUTPUT CURRENT (A)
LTC1477/1478 • TP02
1.50
1