March 1995
DS3668 Quad Fault Protected Peripheral Driver
General Description
Applications
Y
Relay drivers
The DS3668 quad peripheral driver is designed for those
applications where low operating power, high breakdown
voltage, high output current and low output ON voltage are
required. Unlike most peripheral drivers available, a unique
fault protection circuit is incorporated on each output. When
the load current exceeds 1.0A (approximately) on any out-
put for more than a built-in delay time, nominally 12 ms, that
output will be shut off by its protection circuitry with no effect
on other outputs. This condition will prevail until that protec-
tion circuitry is reset by toggling the corresponding input or
the enable pin low for at least 1.0 ms. This built-in delay is
Y
Solenoid drivers
Y
Hammer drivers
Y
Stepping motor drivers
Y
Triac drivers
Y
LED drivers
Y
High current, high voltage drivers
Y
Level translators
Y
Fiber optic LED drivers
provided to ensure that the protection circuitry is not trig- Features
Y
gered by turn-on surge currents associated with certain
kinds of loads.
Output fault protection
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
High impedance TTL compatible inputs
High output currentÐ600 mA per output
The DS3668’s inputs combine TTL compatibility with high
input impedance. In fact, its extreme low input current al-
lows it to be driven directly by a MOS device. The outputs
are capable of sinking 600 mA each and offer a 70V break-
down. However, for inductive loads the output should be
clamped to 35V or less to avoid latch up during turn off
(inductive fly-back protection Ð refer AN-213). An on-chip
clamp diode capable of handling 800 mA is provided at
each output for this purpose. In addition, the DS3668 incor-
porates circuitry that guarantees glitch-free power up or
down operation and a fail-safe feature which puts the output
in a high impedance state when the input is open.
No output latch-up at 35V
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Low output ON voltage (550 mV typ
High breakdown voltage (70V)
Open collector outputs
600 mA)
Output clamp diodes for inductive fly-back protection
NPN inputs for minimal input currents (1 mA typical)
Low operating power
Standard 5V power supply
Power up/down protection
Fail-safe operation
The molded package is specifically constructed to allow in-
creased power dissipation over conventional packages. The
four ground pins are directly connected to the device chip
with a special copper lead frame. When the quad driver is
soldered into a PC board, the power rating of the device
improves significantly.
2W power package
Pin-for-pin compatible with SN75437
Connection Diagram
Truth Table
Dual-In-Line Package
IN
EN
OUT
H
L
H
H
L
L
Z
Z
Z
H
L
L
e
e
e
H
L
High state
Low state
Z
High impedance state
Order Number DS3668N
See NS Package Number N16E
TL/F/5225–1
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1995 National Semiconductor Corporation
TL/F/5225
RRD-B30M105/Printed in U. S. A.