LTC4213
No R
™
SENSE
Electronic Circuit Breaker
FEATURES
DESCRIPTION
The LTC®4213 is an electronic circuit breaker. An overcur-
rent circuit breaker senses the voltage across the drain
and source terminals of an external N-channel MOSFET
with no need for a sense resistor. The advantages are a
lower cost and reduced voltage and power loss in the
switch path. An internal high-side driver controls the
external MOSFET gate.
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Fast 1µs Response Circuit Breaker
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3 Selectable Circuit Breaker Thresholds
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No Sense Resistor Required
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Dual Level Overcurrent Fault Protection
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Controls Load Voltages from 0V to 6V
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High-Side Drive for External N-Channel MOSFET
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Undervoltage Lockout
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READY Pin Signals When Circuit Breaker Armed
Two integrated comparators provide dual level overcurrent
protection over the bias supply to ground common mode
range. The slow comparator has 16µs response while the
fast comparator trips in 1µs. The circuit breaker has three
selectable trip thresholds: 25mV, 50mV and 100mV. An
ON pin controls the ON/OFF and resets circuit breaker
faults. READY signals the MOSFET is conducting and
the circuit breaker is armed. The LTC4213 operates from
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Small Plastic (3mm × 2mm) DFN and TSOT-23
(ThinSOT™) Packages
APPLICATIONS
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Electronic Circuit Breaker
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High-Side Switch
V
= 2.3V to 6V.
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Hot Board Insertion
CC
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TYPICAL APPLICATION
Severe Overload Response
1.25V Electronic Circuit Breaker
SI4864DY
I
OUT
(50A/DIV)
V
V
IN
OUT
1.25V
1.25V
3.5A
V
OUT
SENSEP GATE SENSEN
V
BIAS
(1V/DIV)
V
CC
V
BIAS
2.3V TO 6V
LTC4213
READY
10k
V
GATE
(5V/DIV)
OFF ON
ON
GND
I
SEL
V
IN
(1V/DIV)
4213 TA01a
4213 TA01b
2μs/DIV
Rev. A
1
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