Minimizing quiescent current consumption in today’s automotive electronic modules is critical for preserving the energy stored in the car battery. ST’s L99PM62XP advanced power-management IC provides a dedicated regulator with optimized dynamic behavior, enabling periodic system activation to monitor configurable wake-up sources, coupled with comprehensive diagnostic and system-status features.
Addressing increasing system complexity, ST’s new device integrates advanced fail-safe functionality to improve the sustainability and reliability of automotive electronic control units. The intrinsic fail-safe concept, including supervision of the microcontroller, supply voltages and temperatures, prevents the system from locking up under all imaginable failure conditions.
The integration of cost-efficient peripheral functions, such as high-side and low-side gate drivers, operational amplifiers and auxiliary regulators, reduces the number of external components, optimizing overall system cost.
The L99PM62XP offers compatibility with both LIN (Local Interconnect Network) and High-Speed CAN (Controller Area Network) automotive communication protocols for increased performance and versatility.
ST’s newest advanced power management IC targets microcontroller-based automotive applications such as door modules, body control units and mechatronic subsystems.