General Description
MIC4421 and MIC4422 MOSFET drivers are rugged, efficient, and easy to use. The MIC4421 is an inverting driver, while the MIC4422 is a non-inverting driver.
Both versions are capable of 9A (peak) output and can drive the largest MOSFETs with an improved safe operating margin. The MIC4421/4422 accepts any logic input from 2.4V to VS without external speed-up capacitors or resistor networks. Proprietary circuits allow the input to swing negative by as much as 5V without damaging the part. Additional circuits protect against damage from electrostatic discharge.
MIC4421/4422 drivers can replace three or more discrete components, reducing PCB area requirements, simplifying product design, and reducing assembly cost.
Modern Bipolar/CMOS/DMOS construction guarantees freedom from latch-up. The rail-to-rail swing capability of CMOS/DMOS insures adequate gate voltage to the MOSFET during power up/down sequencing. Since these devices are fabricated on a self-aligned process, they have very low crossover current, run cool, use little power, and are easy to drive.

Features
• BiCMOS/DMOS Construction
• Latch-Up Proof: Fully Isolated Process is Inherently
   Immune to Any Latch-up.
• Input Will Withstand Negative Swing of Up to 5V
• Matched Rise and Fall Times ............................... 25ns
• High Peak Output Current ...............................9A Peak
• Wide Operating Range .............................. 4.5V to 18V
• High Capacitive Load Drive ...........................47,000pF
• Low Delay Time .............................................30ns Typ.
• Logic High Input for Any Voltage from 2.4V to VS
• Low Equivalent Input Capacitance (typ).................7pF
• Low Supply Current .............. 450µA With Logic 1 Input
• Low Output Impedance .........................................1.5Ω
• Output Voltage Swing to Within 25mV of GND or VS

Applications
• Switch Mode Power Supplies
• Motor Controls
• Pulse Transformer Driver
• Class-D Switching Amplifiers
• Line Drivers
• Driving MOSFET or IGBT Parallel Chip Modules
• Local Power ON/OFF Switch
• Pulse Generators