ETC NU502

2013/04/10
Small / Medium Power Lighting LED Driver
NU502
80mA Single channel LED Driver
Features
Applications 诚信联132-4982-7170
 Up to 80mA single channel constant current regulator
 1.6V ~ 18V wide supply voltage range supports self power
structure in lighting application
 Current set by an external resistor
 Minimized 0.6V (80mA) dropout voltage
 Fast current rising and falling
 Built in 15V Zener diode for bias and high voltage
protection
 Less than ±4% Chip to Chip current skew
 Less than ±0.5%/V load (or line) regulation
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General LED lighting
Decoration lighting for architecture
LED torch / flash light
RGB lighting
RGB display / indicator
Package Type
 SOT 23-6
 125°C ~160°C junction temperature current ramp down
thermal protect
 -40℃ ~ 85℃ ambient operating temperature
 Cascade-able for higher voltage drop applications
Product Description
NU502 is a small/medium power linear current
regulation component that can be easily used in various LED
lighting applications. It is equipped the excellent feature of
good load/line regulation capability, minimized chip current
skew, stable output current in high power or load voltage
fluctuating environment that can be used in wide area of LED
lighting source to maintain the uniformity of light intensity.
Except for the power supply function, the VDD pin of
NU502 is output enable (OE), and can be used in digital PWM
controlled circuits for more precise current adjustment in gray
level applications.
Terminal Description
Pin name
A special cascade mode is also provided by NU502. In
high power supply voltage and low LED load dropout voltage
application, two or more NU502 can be connected in series to
share redundant high voltage. With the exclusive voltage
sharing technology of NUMEN tech., the extra redundant
voltage that exceeds the preset threshold voltage (Viboost) can
be shared by next NU502.
VZ
Function
Zener Diode
GND
Ground
REXT
Current setting Resistor
OPT
Current sink
Mode
Cascade / Normal mode selection
VDD
Power supply
With the feature of wide power supply range design and
ultra low IDD consumption, the NU502 supports the self
powered structure in LED lighting applications. In this
structure, the NU502 no need to be provided a dedicate power
circuit even the system power voltage is much higher than the
maximum operation voltage of NU502. The VDD power can be
gotten from the proper position in LED series of system.
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2013/04/10
Small / Medium Power Lighting LED Driver
NU502
80mA Single channel LED Driver
Block Diagram
VLOAD
VDD
Load
Mode
OPT
VZ
Vrefence
GND
REXT
Ideal IV characteristic
VMODE = VOPT (cascade mode)
VMODE = GND (default, normal mode)
IOPT
IOPT
Iboost
Is
Is
Vt
Viboost
Vt
VOPT
VOPT
Mode
Mode Pin
Current boost
Leakage (Max.)
Condition
Cascade mode
VMODE = VOPT
+5%~+11%* IOPT
55uA
Normal mode
VMODE = GND
-
0.5uA
VDD = 0V,
VOPT = 15V
Maximum Ratings (T = 25°C)
Characteristic
Symbol
Rating
Unit
VDD
0 ~ 20
V
VMODE
-0.2 ~ VDD
V
VZ
-0.2 ~ 18
V
Output voltage(Output enable)
VOPT_Enable
-0.2 ~ 16
V
Output voltage(Output disable)
VOPT_Disable
-0.2 ~ 20
V
Output current
IOPT
0 ~ 120
mA
Power Dissipation (Ta=25°C)
PD
0.25
W
Supply voltage
Input voltage
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Thermal Resistance (On PCB, Ta=25°C)
RTH(j-a)
400
°C /W
Operating temperature
TOPR
-40~+85
°C
Storage temperature
TSTG
-55~+150
°C
Electrical Characteristics and Recommended Operating Conditions
Characteristic
Symbol
Supply voltage
VDD
Condition
Room Temp.
VOPT = 1V
Min.
Typ.
1.6
Max.
Unit
18
V
VOPT_Enable
VDD>1.6V, VOPT*IOPT≦0.25W
15
V
VOPT_Disable
VDD < 0.8V
18
V
Supply current
IDD
VDD≦18V
100
uA
Minimum dropout voltage
VOUT
Output current
IOPT
Leakage
ILeakage
Zener break down voltage
VZ
Zener current
IZ
Line regulation
%/VDD
Load regulation
Output voltage
VDD ≧ 3V
75
IS≦20mA
0.3
IS≦80mA
0.6
VDD ≧ 3V
VDD = 0V,
VOPT = 15V
V
80
VMODE = VOPT
45
VMODE = GND
55
0.5
Room Temp.
15
mA
uA
V
20
mA
13V > VDD > 3V
±0.5
%/V
%/VP
15V > VOPT > 0.4V,
VMODE = GND
±0.5
%/V
Thermal regulation
%/10℃
VDD = 3V, VOPT = 1V,
Temperature < 125℃
0
%/10℃
Output ramp down
temperature
T1
Output enabled
125
Shutdown temperature
T2
IOPT=0
160
Current boost voltage
Viboost
VMODE = VOPT
11
Current boost
Iboost
VMODE = VOPT
5
Chip current skew
ISkew
VDD = 3V, VOPT = 1V
-1
℃
13
V
7
11
% * IOPT
2
4
%
Typ.
Max.
Unit
Switching Characteristics (T = 25°C)
Characteristic
Symbol
Condition
Min.
Propagation Delay Time
VDD from “L” to “H”
tpLH
VOPT= 1V, VDD = 0V → 3V
0.5
1
uS
Output current rising time
tRise
VOPT= 1V, VDD = 0V → 3V
0.8
1.5
uS
Propagation Delay Time
VDD from “H” to “L”
tpHL
VOPT= 1V, VDD = 3V → 0V
30
100
nS
Output current falling time
tFall
VOPT= 1V, VDD = 3V → 0V
100
300
nS
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Timing Waveform
50%
VDD
50%
tpLH
OPT
tpHL
90%
50%
10%
90%
50%
10%
tRise
tFall
Test Circuit
VLOAD
RLoad
Function
Generator
VDD
Mode OPT
NU502
RD
GND R EXT
VZ
R EXT
Output Current Setting
The output current of NU502 is set by an external resistor (REXT). The output current can be figured out by following
equation.
I OPT 
0.155V
REXT  0.14
Thermal protection
When junction temperature is more than thermal protection temperature (~125°C), the output current of NU502 will start to
decrease to lower down the power dissipation on chip. If the junction temperature reach 160°C, the output current will almost shut
down. The output current will restore in the same way when the temperature decrease.
IOPT
IOPT2
IOPT1
IOPT0
T1
T0
State
Normal
(T0 ↔ T1)
Thermal protect
(T1 ↔ T2)
Unit
Temperature
-40 ↔ 125
125 ↔ 160
℃
IOPT variation
-0.8
-28
%/10℃
Temperature
T2
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Output I/V Curve
Normal mode output I/V Curve
VDD = 3V
100
IOPT (mA)
80
5mA
60
40
20mA
20
60mA
0
80mA
0.1 0.160.18 0.2 0.220.24 0.3 0.5 1.5 2.5 3.5 4.5 5.5 6.5 7.5 8.5 9.5 10.5 12 14
VOPT (V)
Cascade mode output I/V Curve
VDD = 3V
100
14.5
13.5
12.5
11.5
10.5
9.5
8.5
7.5
6.5
5.5
4.5
3.5
2.5
1.5
80mA
0.5
0
0.3
60mA
0.24
20
0.22
20mA
0.2
40
0.18
5mA
0.16
60
0.1
IOPT (mA)
80
VOPT (V)
VDD = 3V
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
Normal mode
80mA
15
14
13
12
11
10
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0.58
0.56
0.53
0.51
0.45
0.35
0.2
Cascade mode
80mA
0.1
IOPT (mA)
Output difference between cascade mode and normal mode
VOPT (V)
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IOPT vs. VDD
IOPT (mA)
100
80
VOPT = 1V
60
5mA
40
20mA
20
60mA
80mA
18
16
14
12
10.5
9.5
8.5
7.5
6.5
5.5
4.5
3.5
2.5
1.9
1.7
1.5
1.3
1.1
0
VDD (V)
IDD vs. VDD
80
IDD (uA)
60
40
20
0
0.5
0.8
1.1
1.4
2.1
2.4
3.5
5
6.5
8
9.5
11
14
17
VDD (V)
IOPT (mA)
IOPT vs. Temperature
VDD = 3V
100
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
VOPT = 1V
80mA
-40 -30 -20 -10 0
10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 120 130 140 150 160 165
Temperature (℃)
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Typical Application Circuit
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DC power general lighting
AC 110V/220V general lighting application
VLED (≦60V)
RIN
LED
stream
LED
stream
VDD
VDD
Mode OPT
NU502
NU502
C
(Option)
0.1u
VZ
Mode OPT
VZ
GND R EXT
C VDD
GND R EXT
R EXT
0.1u
R EXT
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DC PWM dimming application
DC PWM dimming application (No leakage current)
VLED (≦18V)
VLED (≦60V)
LED
stream
LED
stream
Function
Generator
Function
Generator
VDD
VDD
Mode OPT
Mode OPT
NU502
NU502
VZ
VZ
GND R EXT
GND R EXT
R EXT
R EXT
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NU502
Cascade application
VLED
VDD
Mode OPT
VLED
NU502
C
(Option)
VZ
VLED
GND R EXT
R EXT
VDD
VF (total)
Mode OPT
t
NU502
C
(Option)
VZ
GND R EXT
R EXT
By cascade mode, two or more NU502 in series can absorb higher voltage variation in lighting system. Each NU502 can share
about 12 volts redundant. The total voltage variation range that system can work is calculated by following equation.
VLED(max)≒12 * N(NU502) + VF(total)
Where VLED(max) is the system power voltage, N(NU502) is the number of NU502 and VF(total) is the total forward voltage of all
LEDs.
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NU502
Package Dimensions
 SOT23-6
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Restrictions on product use
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NUMEN Tech. reserves the right to update these specifications in the future.
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The information contained herein is subject to change without notice.
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NUMEN Technology will continually working to improve the quality and reliability of its products. Nevertheless,
semiconductor device in general can malfunction or fail due to their inherent electrical sensitivity and vulnerability to
physical stress. It is the responsibility of the buyer, when utilizing NUMEN products, to comply with the standards of safety
in making a safe design for the entire system, and to avoid situations in which a malfunction or failure of such NUMEN
products could cause loss of human life, bodily injury or damage to property. In developing your designs, please ensure that
NUMEN products are used within specified operating ranges as set forth in the most recent NUMEN products specifications.
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The NUMEN products listed in this document are intended for usage in general electronics applications (lighting system,
personal equipment, office equipment, measuring equipment, industrial robotics, domestic appliances, etc.). These NUMEN
products are neither intended nor warranted for usage in equipment that requires extraordinarily high quality and/or reliability
or a malfunction or failure of which may cause loss of human life or bodily injury (“Unintended Usage”). Unintended Usage
include atomic energy control instruments, airplane or spaceship instruments, transportation instruments, traffic signal
instruments, combustion control instruments, medical instruments, all types of safety devices, etc.. Unintended Usage of
NUMEN products listed in this document shall be made at the customer’s own risk.
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