Application information

STCS05

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Application information

7.1

Reverse polarity protection

STCS05 must be protected from reverse connection of the supply voltage. Since the current

protect the chip. Care must be taken for the whole application circuit, especially for the

voltage will be applied to the LED string that must have a total breakdown voltage higher

than the negative applied voltage in order to avoid any damage.

7.2

Thermal considerations

The STCS05 is able to control a LED current up to 500 mA and able to sustain a voltage on

the drain pin up to 40 V. Those operating conditions are however limited by thermal

constraints, the thermal resistances shown in the thermal data section is the typical ones.

The power dissipation in the device can be calculated as follow:

basing on this and on the thermal resistance and ambient temperature, the junction

temperature can be calculated as:

A typical application could be:

– Input Voltage: 12 V;

– LEDs current: 350 mA;

–Package: SO-8;

Figure 11.

Reverse polarity condition

PWM

EN

GND

DRAIN

DISC

FB

+

or similar

BAT46

PWM

EN

GND

DRAIN

DISC

FB

+

or similar

BAT46