Features

• Temperature and Voltage Compensated Frequency

• Warning Indication of Lamp Failure by Means of Frequency Doubling only in Direction
Mode
• Voltage Dependence of the Car Indicator Lamps also Compensated for Lamp Failure
• Relay Output with High Current-carrying Capacity and Low Saturation Voltage
• Load-dump Protection
• Minimum Lamp Load for Flasher Operation ³ 1 W
• Low Susceptibility to EMI Low-power
• Extremely Low Standby Current of 10 µA
• Protection According to ISO/TR 7637/1 Level 4 with External Capacitor (C2) Flasher IC with
Description
18-mW Shunt
The U6432B is an advanced automotive flasher IC which provides low standby cur-
rent. Its basic function is equal to Atmel’s flasher IC U6043B but low current
consumption and frequency doubling disabling make outstanding differences.
U6432B

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Block Diagram
Figure 1. Car Flasher Application

VS 6 2 VS
G5
+ V S-57 mV
K3 D1
- 21 V

G3 T1 C2
C1 10 µF
4.7 µF
+
K2
- 6.2 V D2
+ V S-57 mV
K1
4
R1 -
82 kW
G4 G2 G1
5

T2

V S-6 V

49 a

3 7 8 1

Shunt
R6
VS R3
R2 470 W
18 mW
1.2 kW
R4

PL >1 W 5.1 kW

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Pin Configuration
Figure 2. Pinning

GND 1 8 SI

VS 2 7 LD
U6432B
REL 3 6 VS

OSC 4 5 OSC

Pin Description
Pin Symbol Function
1 GND IC ground
2 VS Supply voltage
3 REL Relay driver
4 OSC Oscillator
5 OSC Oscillator
6 VS Supply voltage
7 LD Lamp failure detection
8 SI Start input (49a)

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Pin 1, GND The U6432B is protected against damage in case of battery reversal via resistor R4 to
ground (-31). An integrated protection circuit together with external resistances R2 and
R4 limits the current pulses in the IC.

Pin 2, Supply Voltage, The arrangement of the supply connections to Pin 2 (and 6) must be so as to ensure
VS power that on the connection printed circuit board (PCB), the resistance of VS to Pin 6 is lower
than that to Pin 2.

Pin 3, Relay Control The relay control output is a high-side driver with a low saturation voltage. It is capable
Output (Driver) of driving a typical automotive relay with a minimum coil resistance of 60 W.

Pin 4 and 5, Oscillator The flashing frequency, f1, is determined by the R1C1 components as given by the for-
mula below (see Figure 1):

1
f 1 » ----------------------------------- Hz
R 1 ´ C 1 ´ 1.5

where C1 £ 47 µF, R1 = 6.8 kW to 510 kW

In case of a lamp outage (see Pin 7) the oscillator frequency is switched to the lamp out-
age frequency f2 with f2 » 2.2 ´ f1.
Duty cycle in normal flashing mode: 50%
Duty cycle in lamp outage mode: 40% (bright phase)

Pin 6, Supply Voltage, For accurate monitoring via the shunt resistor, a minimized layer resistance from point
Sense VS/shunt to Pin 6 is recommended.

Pin 7

Control Signal Threshold The detection point for lamp failure can be calculated from the control signal threshold,
(49 mV Comparator) typically 49 mV with VS = 12 V. With a measuring resistance of R3 = 18 mW, the fre-
quency change-over is reached at a lamp load of 21 W + 11.4 W. The variation of the
control signal threshold supply voltage takes into account the PTC characteristic of fila-
ment lamps.

Control Signal Threshold 2 A voltage drop at the shunt resistor R3 between 49 mV and 15 mV lets the flasher work
(15-mV Comparator) in frequency doubling mode.
If the voltage drop decreases to a value below VR3MAX = 15 mV, frequency doubling is
disabled.
This can be achieved either with a switch which by-passes the shunt resistor (e.g., a
special hazard warning switch) or with a small lamp load.
Flasher operation starts with a lamp load of PL ³ 1 W.

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Pin 8, Start Input Start condition for flashing:

• Voltage at Pin 8 (see Figure 1)
• V8 £ VS - (VBE(T1) + VZ(D2))
Condition for standby:
The resistor R2 betwen V S and Pin 8 provides an extremly low standby current
(IS £ 10 µA). The leakage current depends on the pull-up resistor R2 according to
the following formula:
ILeak » (VBE(T1) + VZ(D2))/R2

Application Hint In order to achieve a high-level immunity against "electrical interference by conduction
and coupling" according to ISO/TR 7637/1 test level 4, an electrolythic capacitor
C 2 = 10 µF (25 V) between Pin 1 and 2 – mounted close to the IC – is highly
recommended.

Absolute Maximum Ratings

Reference point Pin 1
Parameters Symbol Value Unit
Supply voltage Pin 2 and 6 VS 18 V
Surge Forward Current
tP = 0.1 ms Pin 2 and 6 IFSM 1.5 A
tP = 300 ms Pin 2 and 6 IFSM 1.0 A
tP = 300 ms Pin 8 IFSM 30 mA
Output current Pin 3 IO 0.3 A
Power Dissipation
Tamb = 95°C DIP 8 Ptot 420 mW
SO8 Ptot 340 mW
Tamb = 60°C DIP 8 Ptot 690 mW
SO8 Ptot 560 mW
Junction temperature TJ 150 °C
Ambient temperature range Tamb -40 to +105 °C
Storage temperature range Tstg -55 to +150 °C

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Tamb = 25°C; typical values under normal operation in application circuit Figure 1, VS = 12 V (Pins 2 and 6);
reference point ground (-31), unless otherwise specified.
Parameters Test Conditions Symbol Min. Typ. Max. Unit
Supply voltage range Pin 2 and 6 VS 9 16.5 V
Supply current, dark phase Pins 2 and 6 IS 4.5 8 mA
Supply current, stand-by Pins 2 and 6 IS 10 mA
Supply current, bright phase Pins 2 and 6 IS 7.0 11 mA
IO = 150 mA
Relay output, saturation voltage VO 1.0 V
VS = 9 V, Pin 3
Relay output reverse current Pin 3 IO 0.1 mA
Relay coil resistance RL 60 W
Start delay First bright phase ton 10 ms
Frequency determining resistor R1 6.8 510 kW
Frequency determining capacitor C1 47 µF
Normal flashing, basic frequency f1 not
Frequency tolerance including the tolerances of the external Df1 -5 +5 %
components R1 and C1
Basic frequency f1
Bright period Df1 47 53 %
VS = 9 to 15 V
Control frequency f2
Bright period Df2 37 45 %
VS = 9 to 15 V
Frequency increase Lamp failure, VS = 9 to 15 V f2 2.15 ´ f1 2.3 ´ f1 Hz
VS = 15 V 50 53 57
Control signal threshold 1 VS = 9 V VR3 43 45 47 mV
VS = 12 V, Pin 7 47 49 51
Control signal threshold 2 VR3 15 mV
Lamp load PL 1 W

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Ordering Information
Extended Type Number Package Remarks
U6432B DIP8 –
U6432B-FP SO8 –

Package Information

DIP8

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Package SO8 5.2

Dimensions in mm 4.8
5.00
4.85 3.7

1.4

0.25 0.2
0.4 3.8
0.10
1.27 6.15
3.81 5.85

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technical drawings
according to DIN
specifications

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