Automotive Electronics

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IGNITION POWER SWITCH
BIP350 Power Switch – BIP350
Ignition

Current limiting bipolar ignition driver with low The bipolar triple stage darlington BIP350 especially
saturation voltage developed to drive an ignition coil in automotive ignition
circuits can be driven by standard CMOS logic. The
rugged bipolar process assures safe operation in
automotive specific environment even under harsh
Customer benefits: conditions. The excellent quality of the concept - chip
 Excellent system know-how design and plastic packaging - has been proven in the
 Smart concepts for system safety field over 10 million times. Due to the ESD performance,
 Secured supply typical for HV-bipolar devices special precautions during
 Long- term availability of manufacturing processes manufacture or operation are unnecessary.
and products
 QS9000 and ISO/TS16949 certified
The BIP350 has an active voltage clamp between
collector and emitter. It is temperature compensated
with an accuracy of about ±30 V in the entire
temperature range. In order to protect the ECU, the wire
Features
harness, the coil and the ignition driver the collector
 Triple stage darlington designed for automotive
current is limited to typ. 11 A at long dwell times. Using
ignition application
 Driven by standard CMOS logic with very low power a virtual sense concept a low saturation voltage of less
consumption in the driving circuit than 2 V at 7 A in the entire temperature range will be
 Input protected against VBAT obtained.
 Internal CE voltage clamp, temperature
compensated
 Collector current limiting circuit
 Low saturation voltage (<2 V at 7 A in the entire
temperature range)
 Integrated capacitors for oscillation free operation
 Package: D2PAK (TO220 optional)

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Block diagram Maximum ratings

Parameter Symb. Value Unit

Collector emitter breakdown
VCE 250 V
voltage
Collector base breakdown
VCB 250 V
voltage
Collector current (sine half
IC 16 A
wave tp= 40us, f= 100Hz)
Reverse diode forward
IEC 10 A
current t= 300s, Tcase= 25°C
Base emitter voltage, no
VBE 14 V
function
-100
Base current, no function IB mA
…500
Power dissipation total at
Ptot 100 W
T=25°C
Inductive load switching
avalanche energy (L=6 mH, IC= Eoff 400 mJ
11.55A)
Operating and storage -40...
Tj °C
junction temperature range 150
AC-operating temperature
Vbat 6…16 V
(<1% of total operating time)

Application example Typ. output characteristics IC= f(UCE)

VBat

L=4mH
RL=0,5Ω

ton IC
+5V

IB
BIP350
RV

PIN configuration

C
E
C E
B B
Collector (Flange) Collector (Flange)

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 Electrical characteristics

Unless otherwise specified: VBat = 6V...16V, IB=4mA...12mA, Tjunction= -40°C....+150°C

Symbol Parameter Test Conditions Min. Typ. Max. Unit

at IC= 6A....7.3A, L= 4mH,
Collector emitter
VCl VBE_off< 0.7V, measured 25µs after 350 375 400 V
clamping voltage
VCE=200V
Collector emitter at IC=6A....7.3A, L= 4mH,
VClPeak 450 V
clamping voltage peak VBE_off< 0.7V
VCE= 6V...10V 8.5 11.0 15.0
Collector current
ICon VCE= 4V 8.0 A
limitation
IB= 2…30mA 5.0
ICoff Leak current VBE= 0; VCE= 250V 15 mA
Leak current by active VBE ≤ 0.5V; VCE ≤ 20V 25
ICoffa input mA
IB= 10uA, VCE ≤ 20V 25
Reverse polarity collector
VCE_REV emitter voltage IC= -5A -1.3 -1.1 V
Reverse polarity base
VBE_REV emitter voltage IC= -5A -1.2 V

Collector emitter IC= 7A 1.4 1.7 2.0

VCE_SAT V
saturation voltage IC= 8A 2.3
IC= 7A; IB= 4mA 1.85 2.95
VBE_SAT Base emitter voltage V
IC= 7A; IB= 12mA 2.3 3.1
IB Input current specified 4.0 7.0 12.0 mA
Base emitter voltage in the
VBE_CI 0.5 V
clamping/ off-state
IC = 7A;
tOFF Switching time 5 37 µs
Trigger : VCE= 200V, t0 at ½ IB
Rthj-case Thermal resistance 1.3 K/W

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