MP5013A – 5 V, 1 A-5 A PROGRAMMABLE CURRENT LIMIT SWITCH
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The ENABLE/FAULT line must remain at a high
level for the output to turn on.
The fault flag is an internal flip-flop that can be
set or re-set under the following conditions:
1. Thermal Shutdown: sets fault flag.
2. Under-Voltage: re-sets fault flag.
3. Low on ENABLE/FAULT: re-sets fault
flag.
4. Mid on ENABLE/FAULT: no effect.
During a thermal shutdown, ENABLE/FAULT is
driven to the mid level.
There are 4 types of faults, and each fault has a
direct and indirect effect on EANBLE/FAULT
and the internal fault flag (see Table 1). In a
typical application, there are one or more of the
MP5013A chips in a system. ENABLE/FAULT
lines are connected together typically.
Table 1—Fault function influence in application
Fault Description Internal Action Effect on Fault Pin Effect on Flag Effect on Secondary Part
Short/over current Limits current None None None
Under voltage Output turns off
Internally drives
ENABLE/FAULT to
logic low
Flag is re-set
Disables secondary output
and re-sets fault flag
Over voltage
Limits output
voltage
None None None
Thermal
shutdown
Shutdown. The part
is latched off until a
UVLO or externally
driven to ground.
Internally drives
ENABLE/FAULT
to mid level
Flag is set
Disables secondary part
output