
CIRCUIT DESCRIPTION
The L9386MD is a dual low side driver for induc-
tive loads like valves in automotive environment.
The device is enabled by a common CMOS com-
patible ENABLE high signal. The internal pull
down current sources at theENABLE and INPUT
pins protect the device in open input conditions
against malfunctions. An output slope limitation
for du/dt is implemented to reduce the EMI. An in-
tegrated active flyback voltage limitation clamps
the output voltage during the flyback phase to
50V.
Each driver is protected against short circuit and
thermal overload. In short circuit condition the
output will be disabled after a short delay time
t
DOL
 to suppress spikes. This disable is latched
until a negativeslope occure at the correspondent
input pin. The thermal disable for T
J
 > 175
°
C of
the output will be reseted if the junction tempera-
ture decreases about 20
°
C below the disable
thresholdtemperature.
For the real time error diagnosis the voltage and
the current of the outputs are compared with in-
ternal fixed values VO
UV
 for OFF and IO
UC
 forON
conditions to recognizeopen load (R
L
≥
 20K
, R
L
> 38
) in ON and OFF conditions. The diagnostic
Figure 5:
 Applicationcircuit diagram.
operates also in the extendedsupply voltagerang
of 4.5V
 ≤
 VS
≤
 32V.
Also the output voltages VO
1,2
 are compared
against each other in OFF condition with a fixed
offset of
 
VO
UV 1,2
 to recognize GND bypasses.
To suppress mail
 
VO diagnoses during the fly-
back phases of the compared output, the
 
VO di-
agnostic includes a latch function. Reaching the
flyback clamping voltage VO
C
 the diagnostic sig-
nal is reseted by a latch. To activate again this
kind of diagnostic a low signal at the correspon-
dent INPUT or the ENABLE pin must occur (see
also Fig.3).
The diagnosticoutput level in connectionwith dif-
ferent ENABLE and INPUT conditions allows to
recognizedifferent fail states,like overtemp,short
to VSS, short to GND, bypass to GND and
connected load (see also page 7 diagnostic ta-
ble).
The diagnostic output is also protected against
short to UD
max
. Oversteping the over load current
threshold IO
o
, the output current will be limited in-
ternally during the diagnostic overload delay
switch-off time t
DOL
.
dis-
OUT1
OUT2
VS
ZVALVE
ZVALVE
VBatt
Channel 1
Channel 2
Output
Control
Overtemp
R
Q
S
Delay
Timer
Overload
Openload
GND
DIAG2
IN2
EN
DIAG1
IN1
Controller
+5V
RO
Diagnostic
Control
μ
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L9386MD
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