LS-GD
Low-side gate driver
Provides gate-drive current for a power switch referenced to the driver's low-side return.
Schematic
Symbols · LS SW
Low-side power switch
In plain English
What does Low-side power switch mean?
A low-side switch controls the return-side connection of a load in its specified circuit.
A simple example
A load can remain connected to its supply while its return path is switched by a suitable device.
What the drawings help you do
Place the switch between the load and its defined return reference. The load may remain connected to the supply even while this switch is open. Show the complete current loop so a reader does not mistake return-path switching for disconnection of every supply conductor.
- Return path
- The conducting path completing the selected load circuit.
- Low side
- The return-side position of the switching function.
Before using this reference
- Identify the load’s permanent supply connection.
- Show the switched return path and reference.
- Reference control-drive and load-transient requirements.
Does an open low-side switch isolate the load from the positive supply?
Not necessarily. The positive connection can remain present. The drawing must show the actual conductors being interrupted and any separate isolation arrangement.
Read the source: Low-side power switching
Schematic · LS SW
A distinction that matters
Low-side switching does not necessarily isolate the load from the supply conductor.
Sources you can follow
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Low-side power switching
Low-side power switching: public technical context for the named function. Product and compliance details remain with the publisher.
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