MIC4451/52
12A Peak Low-Side MOSFET Drivers
Features
General Description
• BiCMOS/DMOS Construction
The MIC4451 and MIC4452 CMOS MOSFET drivers
are robust, efficient, and easy to use. The MIC4451 is
• Latch-Up Proof: Fully Isolated Process is
Inherently Immune to Any Latch-Up
an inverting driver, while the MIC4452 is
non-inverting driver.
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• Input Will Withstand Negative Swing of up to 5V
• Matched Rise and Fall Times: 25 ns
• High Peak Output Current: 12A
Both versions are capable of 12A (peak) output and
can drive the largest MOSFETs with an improved safe
operating margin. The MIC4451/52 accept any logic
input from 2.4V to VS without external speed-up
capacitors or resistor networks. Proprietary circuits
allow the input to swing negative by as much as 5V
without damaging the part. Additional circuits protect
against damage from electrostatic discharge.
• Wide Operating Range: 4.5V to 18V
• High Capacitive Load Drive: 62,000 pF
• Low Delay Time: 30 ns (typ.)
• Logic High Input for Any Voltage from 2.4V to VS
• Low Supply Current 450 µA with Logic 1 Input
• Low Output Impedance: 1.0Ω
MIC4451/52 drivers can replace three or more discrete
components, reducing PCB area requirements,
simplifying product design, and reducing assembly
cost.
• Output Voltage Swing to within 25 mV of GND or
VS
• Low Equivalent Input Capacitance: 7 pF (typ.)
Modern Bipolar/CMOS/DMOS construction ensures
freedom from latch-up. The rail-to-rail swing capability
of CMOS/DMOS ensures adequate gate voltage to the
MOSFET during power up/down sequencing. Because
these devices are fabricated on a self-aligned process,
they have very low crossover current, run cool, use little
power, and are easy to drive.
Applications
• Switch Mode Power Supplies
• Motor Controls
• Pulse Transformer Driver
• Class-D Switching Amplifier
• Line Drivers
• Driving MOSFET or IGBT Parallel Chip Modules
• Local Power ON/OFF Switch
• Pulse Generators
Package Types
MIC4451, MIC4452
5-Lead TO-220 (T)
(Top View)
MIC4451, MIC4452
8-Lead SOIC (M)
8-Lead PDIP (N)
(Top View)
VS
VS
1
8
5 OUT
4 GND
IN 2
7 OUT
3
VS
3
4
6
5
NC
OUT
GND
2 GND
IN
1
GND
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