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Operational Notes – continued

10. Inter-pin Short and Mounting Errors

Ensure that the direction and position are correct when mounting the IC on the PCB. Incorrect mounting may result in

damaging the IC. Avoid nearby pins being shorted to each other especially to ground, power supply and output pin.

Inter-pin shorts could be due to many reasons such as metal particles, water droplets (in very humid environment)

and unintentional solder bridge deposited in between pins during assembly to name a few.

11. Unused Input Pins

Input pins of an IC are often connected to the gate of a MOS transistor. The gate has extremely high impedance and

extremely low capacitance. If left unconnected, the electric field from the outside can easily charge it. The small

charge acquired in this way is enough to produce a significant effect on the conduction through the transistor and

cause unexpected operation of the IC. So unless otherwise specified, unused input pins should be connected to the

power supply or ground line.

12. Regarding the Input Pin of the IC

In the construction of this IC, P-N junctions are inevitably formed creating parasitic diodes or transistors. The

operation of these parasitic elements can result in mutual interference among circuits, operational faults, or physical

damage. Therefore, conditions which cause these parasitic elements to operate, such as applying a voltage to an

input pin lower than the ground voltage should be avoided. Furthermore, do not apply a voltage to the input pins

when no power supply voltage is applied to the IC. Even if the power supply voltage is applied, make sure that the

input pins have voltages within the values specified in the electrical characteristics of this IC.

13. Ceramic Capacitor

When using a ceramic capacitor, determine the dielectric constant considering the change of capacitance with

temperature and the decrease in nominal capacitance due to DC bias and others.

14. Area of Safe Operation (ASO)

Operate the IC such that the output voltage, output current, and power dissipation are all within the Area of Safe

Operation (ASO).