The VN5E016AH-E is a single channel high-side driver manufactured in the ST proprietary VIPower M0-5 technology and housed in the tiny HPak package. The VN5E016AH-E is designed to drive 12 V automotive grounded loads delivering protection, diagnostics and easy 3 V and 5 V CMOS compatible interface with any microcontroller.The device integrates advanced protective functions such as load current limitation, inrush and overload active management by power limitation, overtemperature shut-off with auto restart and overvoltage active clamp.A dedicated analog current sense pin is associated with every output channel to provide enhanced diagnostic functions. These functions include fast detection of overload and short-circuit to ground through power limitation indication, overtemperature indication, short-circuit to VCCdiagnosis and ON-state and OFF-state open-load detection.The current sensing and diagnostic feedback of the whole device can be disabled by pulling the CS_DIS pin high to allow sharing of the external sense resistor with other similar devices.GeneralInrush current active management by power limitationVery low standby current3.0 V CMOS compatible inputsOptimized electromagnetic emissionsVery low electromagnetic susceptibilityIn compliance with the 2002/95/EC European directiveDiagnostic functionsProportional load current senseHigh current sense precision for wide current rangeCurrent sense disableOff-state open-load detectionOutput short to VCCindicationOverload and short to ground (power limitation) indicationThermal shutdown indicationProtectionsUndervoltage shutdownOvervoltage clampLoad current limitationSelf limiting of fast thermal transientsProtection against loss of ground and loss of VCCOvertemperature shutdown with auto restart (thermal shutdown)Reverse battery protectedElectrostatic