Description
The MLX16305 is designed to diagnose the state of remote interlock switches in automotive safety applications. Its high accuracy allows it to be applied in a broad range of related automotive and industrial applications using current modulated sensors and switches.

Features and Benefits
    6 sense Channels
    Large supply current + supply voltage range for maximum contact cleaning
    Applicable with all 2-wire Hall effect switches
    Diagnoses open wires, shorts to Supplies and shorts between wires
        o Current and Voltage measurement mode
        o High measurement accuracy: 5%
    Current limited supply regulator
    Automotive qualified (40V Load Dump)
    Over-temperature detection
    Small Package: narrow body (150mils) SO16, RoHS compliant

Applications
    General Fail safe read out of safety interlock switches to
        o Detect human action
        o Verify solenoid/motor actuation
    Automotive applications
        o Next to the Safety ECU: interlock switch sensor supply and sensor I/F
            ◾ Seat belt buckle
            ◾ Seat occupancy mat
            ◾ Air bag presence detection
            ◾ Seat position switch
            ◾ Airbag disable switch
        o Next to Smart Junction Box / Body Control Module: Contact monitoring
            ◾ Foot Brake pressed detection
            ◾ Park position of the automatic transmission
            ◾ Door lock position
            ◾ …
        o Analog Mux
            ◾ Resistive coded rotary encoder
            ◾ Fuel run dry switch
            ◾ Seat Heater switch
            ◾ …
    Industrial applications:
        o Industrial Security doors and machine guarding
        o General 2 wire analog sensors :
            ◾ Industrial pressure, strain gauge, … sensors (ref. MLX90308, MLX90314)