JAJU853 July 2022
The reverse polarity event occurs when the power terminals are inverted. For example, the positive terminal is connected to the negative terminal and the negative terminal is connected to the positive terminal. During this event it is important that the system does not see any power.
To protect against this event, the LM7480-Q1 has built-in reverse protection up –65 V. This means that during a reverse polarity event, there is no output voltage and no current drawn by the system. Protecting the system until the revers polarity event is rectified.