2.5 A / 3.5 A peak output — what it buys the half-bridge
Its 2.5 A source and 3.5 A sink peak output current charge and discharge the gate capacitance quickly, which directly reduces switching losses and keeps the dead-time window tight in a motor-drive or DC-DC converter leg.
12 ns rise, 10 ns fall — edge-rate and layout budget
The 10-VSON package with exposed pad helps by providing a low-inductance return path through the thermal pad — a four-layer board with the pad stitched to a solid ground plane is the standard layout for this driver.
120 V bootstrap — application ceiling
The high-side bootstrap pin is rated to 120 V, which sets the maximum DC bus voltage for the half-bridge. This covers 48 V telecom bricks, 72 V e-bike controllers, and 100 V industrial inverter rails with margin. The supply range of 5.5 V to 16 V lets the driver run from a standard 12 V bias rail while the bootstrap diode handles the high-side floating supply.