7.3 Feature Description

The LM5060 is designed to drive an external high-side N-channel MOSFET. Over-Current protection is implemented by sensing the voltage drop across the MOSFET. When an adjustable voltage drop threshold is exceeded, and an adjustable time period has elapsed, the MOSFET is disabled. OVP and UVLO monitoring of the input line is also provided. A low state on the enable pin will turn off the N-channel MOSFET and switch the LM5060 into a very low quiescent current off state. An active low POWER GOOD output pin is provided to report the status of the N-channel MOSFET. The waiting time before the MOSFET is turned off after a fault condition is detected can be adjusted with an external timer capacitor. Since the LM5060 uses a constant current source to charge the gate of the external N-channel MOSFET, the output voltage rise time can be adjusted by adding external gate capacitance. This is useful when starting up into large capacitive loads.