General Description
The DS3668 quad peripheral driver is designed for those
applications where low operating power, high breakdown
voltage, high output current and low output ON voltage are
required. Unlike most peripheral drivers available, a unique
fault protected circuit is incorporated on each output. When
the load current exceeds 1.0A (approximately) on any output
for more than a built-in delay time, nominally 12 μs, that
output will be shut off by its protection circuitry with no effect
on other outputs. This condition will prevail until that protection
circuitry is reset by toggling the corresponding input or
the enable pin low for at least 1.0 μs. This built-in delay is
provided to ensure that the protection circuitry is not triggered
by turn-on surge currents associated with certain
kinds of loads.
The DS3668’s inputs combine TTL compatibility with high
input impedance. In fact, its extreme low input current allows
it to be driven directly by a MOS device. The outputs are
capable of sinking 600 mA each and offer a 70V breakdown.
However, for inductive loads the output should be clamped
to 35V or less to avoid latch up during turn off (inductive
fly-back protection — refer AN-213). An on-chip clamp diode
capable of handling 800 mA is provided at each output for
this purpose. In addition, the DS3668 incorporates circuitry
that guarantees glitch-free power up or down operation and
a fail-safe feature which puts the output in a high impedance
state when the input is open.
The molded package is specifically constructed to allow
increased power dissipation over conventional packages.
The four ground pins are directly connected to the device
chip with a special copper lead frame. When the quad driver
is soldered into a PC board, the power rating of the device
improves significantly.

Applications
Relay drivers
Solenoid drivers
Hammer drivers
Stepping motor drivers
Triac drivers
LED drivers
High current, high voltage drivers
Level translators
Fiber optic LED drivers

Features
Output fault protection
High impedance TTL compatible inputs
High output current—600 mA per output
No output latch-up at 35V
Low output ON voltage (550 mV typ @ 600 mA)
High breakdown voltage (70V)
Open collector outputs
Output clamp diodes for inductive fly-back protection
NPN inputs for minimal input currents (1 μA typical)
Low operating power
Standard 5V power supply
Power up/down protection
Fail-safe operation
2W power package
Pin-for-pin compatible with SN75437