Electrical characteristics (continued) – Rainbow Electronics MAX5943 User Manual
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MAX5943
FireWire Current Limiter and Low-Drop
ORing Switch Controller
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ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS (continued)
(V
IN
= 7.5V to 37V, GND = 0V, and T
A
= -40°C to +85°C, unless otherwise noted. Typical values are at V
IN
= 12V, T
A
= +25°C.)
(Note 1)
PARAMETER
SYMBOL
CONDITIONS
MIN
TYP
MAX
UNITS
GATE2 Pulldown Current During
Any GATE2 Turn-Off Condition
I
G2OFF
V
GATE2
= V
OUT
+ 4.5V (Note 4)
80
125
200
mA
GATE1
(ORing control)
OR_ADJ = GND
3
5
7
OR_ADJ = floating
5.5
7.5
9.5
ORing Switch Turn-On Current
Threshold Voltage
V
OR
(V
IN
- V
SENSE
) rising
OR_ADJ = IN
8.5
10.5
12.8
mV
ORing Switch Turn-On Current
Threshold Voltage Hysteresis
(V
IN
-
V
SENSE
) falling
0.5
mV
GATE1 Pullup Current
I
G1U
(Note 5)
36
45
54
µA
7.5V
≤
V
IN
≤
8V
4.25
5.5
6.5
GATE1 High Voltage
V
G1
V
GATE1
- V
SENSE
8V
≤
V
IN
≤
37V
4.5
5.5
6.5
V
GATE1 Turn-Off Switch On-
Resistance
R
G1
Measured between GATE1 and SENSE
when (V
IN
- V
SENSE
) < V
OR
2
3
Ω
LOGIC INPUTS
I
IX
Current into or out of input for tri-state logic
condition
-3
+3
I
IXL
Current out of input for logic low
20
ILIM, OR_ADJ Input-Logic
Tristate Current Tolerance
(Note 6)
I
IH
Current into input for logic high
20
µA
V
IL
V
ON
> V
ON_REF
0.7
V
LATCH, ONQ1 Input-Logic Low
Voltage
I
IL
LATCH, ONQ1 = GND, V
ON
> V
ON_REF
1
µA
LATCH, ONQ1 Input-Logic High
Voltage
V
IH
V
ON
> V
ON_REF
1.8
V
LATCH, ONQ1 Input Current
I
IH
All voltages = V
IN
, V
ON
> V
ON_REF
1
µA
TIM, ILIM, LATCH, OR_ADJ,
OUT, ONQ1 Shutdown Mode
Input Current
I
IH_SD
All voltages = V
IN
, V
ON
≤
0.4V
1
µA
FAULT Output Low Voltage
V
OL
Low-impedance state, I
FAULT
= 5mA
0.12
0.25
V
FAULT Output High Leakage
Current
I
OH
High-impedance state, V
FAULT
= 37V
1
µA
TIMING
TIM = IN
1.78
2.02
2.26
ms
R
TIM
= 4k
Ω
0.87
1.04
1.21
ms
R
TIM
= 50k
Ω
9.2
11.05
12.9
ms
Current-Limit Timeout
(MAX5943A)
t
ILIM
Current-limit mode
(Note 7)
TIM = floating
120
175
225
ms