Thats funny I'm looking for Protected High Side Drivers as well except they need to handle a 5 Amp continuous current with an inductive load. I've tried Motorola, International Rectifier, ST, Infineon (Siemens), Intersil, Philips. All of them have devices that will do the job - at least that is what you are lead to believe as you peruse the data sheets. Pity the data sheets have not been translated into Silicon. None of them actually have devices available. The deaded words "On Allocation" crop up all the time. Quoted lead times of 6 to 12 months are common, then they cannot be guaranteed and you must be prepared to take a minimum quantity of 1000 or 10000 pieces, prototyping quantities are not available and I had one manufacturer tell me they only supplied car manufacturers! I even tried another tack, look up devices in a distributors catalogue to ascertain what is available, get the data sheets and hope that one of the devices comes close, then order some. Guess what - Out of Stock, When are they getting more - Don't know, in fact we have never had any! The nearest I have come for my application is to use a driver from Micrel (minimum 100 pieces delivery 12 weeks) and a seperate N Channel Power FET. I'm not paranoid, they are really out to get me! Yours Frustratedly Chris Carr ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Duffy" To: Sent: Saturday, August 12, 2000 1:49 PM Subject: [EE]: Protected High Side Driver > Thought someone on the list may have come across what I'm after. > I'm looking for some high-side driver IC's with the following attributes; > 30V Operation. > 1A Current source. > Fault protected in case of shorted loads. > 4/8/16 Drivers per package. > Serial (shift register) input would be great. > SIL package for easy heatsinking. > This may be asking a lot be you just never know! > BTW, I will be driving them with a PIC. :-) > Regards... > ___________________________________________ > David Duffy Audio Visual Devices P/L > U8, 9-11 Trade St, Cleveland 4163 Australia > Ph: +61 7 38210362 Fax: +61 7 38210281 > New Web: www.audiovisualdevices.com.au > New email: avd@audiovisualdevices.com.au > ___________________________________________ > > -- > http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different > ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details. > -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.