SC1205

The SC1205 is a cost effective Dual MOSFET Driver designed for switching High and Low side Power MOSFETs. Each driver is capable of driving a 3000pF load in 20ns rise/fall time and has a 20ns max propagation delay from input transition to the gate of the power FET's. An internal Overlap Protection Circuit prevents shoot-through from Vin to GND in the main switching and synchronous MOSFET's. The Overlap Protection circuit ensures the Bottom FET does not turn on until the Top FET source has reached a voltage low enough to prevent cross-conduction.

The high current drive capability (2A peak) allows fast switching, thus reducing switching losses at high (1MHz) PWM frequencies. The high voltage CMOS process allows operation from 5-25 Volts at top MOSFET drain, thus making SC1205 suitable for battery powered applications. Connecting Enable pin (EN) to logic low shuts down both drives and reduces operating current to less than 10uA.

An Under-Voltage-Lock-Out circuit is included to guarantee that both driver outputs are low when the 5V logic level is less than or equal to 4.4V (typ) at supply ramp up (4.35V at supply ramp down). An Internal temperature sensor shuts down all drives in the event of overtemperature. SC1205 is fabricated utilizing CMOS technology for low quiescent current. The SC1205 is offered in a standard SO-8 package.