As the name indicates, the purpose of a load switch is to manage the power in a system by dynamically switching off unneeded loads. These devices can also provide additional features such as under voltage, over voltage and over current control. Load switches are ideally suited for battery power applications, where they extend battery life, but can also be used in any power sensitive line-powered applications as well. NXP’s family of highly integrated load switches save both system cost and board space compared to load control solutions implemented with discrete devices.