advertisement Dual White LED Driver Features Integrated Switches and Schottky Diodes in 3mm × 3mm DFN Package – Design Note 1010 David Kim The LT3466 uses a constant-current, step-up architecture to directly regulate LED current, providing consistent light intensity and color across all LEDs regardless of variations in their forward voltage drop. Important features including soft-start, open LED protection, adjustable switching frequency and DC dimming control are integrated into the part, making the LT3466 LED driver an ideal solution for space-constrained portable devices such as cellular phones, PDAs and digital cameras. Li-Ion to a 2-LED and a 4-LED Display Figure 1 shows a white LED driver to backlight two displays, a 4-LED main and a 2-LED sub display. This design generates a constant 20mA in each white LED string from Li-Ion (3V ~ 4.2V) or 5V adapter input. Two independent dimming and shutdown controls (via CTRL1 3V TO 5V CIN 1µF L2 15µH L1 15µH SW1 COUT1 1µF VIN LT3466 FB1 RFB1 10Ω SW2 VOUT2 VOUT1 CTRL1 COUT2 0.47µF FB2 RT CTRL2 38.3k 1% CIN: TAIYO YUDEN JMK107BJ105 COUT1: TAIYO YUDEN LMK212BJ105 COUT2: TAIYO YUDEN EMK212BJ474 L1, L2: MURATA LQH32CN150 Figure 1. Li-Ion to 2/4 White LEDs 03/05/1010 RFB2 10Ω DN1010 F01 and CTRL2) simplify power management, extending battery life. The adjustable operating frequency, integrated Schottky diodes and optimized internal compensation result in a circuit smaller than 0.18in2. Efficiency, as shown in Figure 2, is above 80% at 20mA for 3.6V input, which is significantly higher than that of switched-capacitor based solutions. 85 VIN = 3.6V 2/4 LEDs 80 75 EFFICIENCY (%) Introduction Linear Technology’s LT®3466 is a dual step-up converter capable of driving up to 20 white LEDs with a programmable constant current. The device is also capable of driving asymmetric LED strings with independent dimming and shutdown control for multipanel LCD backlight applications. 70 65 60 55 50 0 5 10 15 20 LED CURRENT (mA) DN1010 F02 Figure 2. Efficiency vs LED Current, Circuit of Figure 1 Li-Ion Powered Driver for 20 White LEDs Figure 3 highlights LT3466’s impressive input and output voltage range. This circuit is capable of driving two sets of ten, in-series LEDs with 12mA of constant current per converter. As shown in Figure 3, the circuit works from single Li-Ion (3V) battery or 5V wall adapter. Inrush current during start-up is well controlled due to the internal soft-start circuitry of LT3466. The circuit is also protected with an internal 39V output clamp when the LEDs are disconnected or fail open. Efficiency is above 80% over a wide LED current range of 5mA to 12mA, reaching 83% at 12mA. The conversion efficiency with a 3.6V input is shown in Figure 4. To achieve the 92% duty cycle requirement in this application, the operating frequency was set to 400kHz using a 147k resistor at RT pin. , LTC and LT are registered trademarks of Linear Technology Corporation. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. 3V TO 5V The LED currents are proportional to the voltages at the CTRL1 and CTRL2 pins. DC voltage dimming is achieved by reducing the voltage on the CTRL pin. As the CTRL voltage decreases, the feedback voltage across the LED current programming resistor decreases from 200mV to 0V, thus reducing the LED current from ILED to 0A. Feedback voltage variation versus control voltage is shown in Figure 5. CIN 1µF L2 68µH SW1 VIN SW2 VOUT2 VOUT1 COUT1 1µF LT3466 FB1 COUT2 1µF FB2 CTRL1 RT PWM dimming works similar to DC voltage dimming except that the DC voltage input to the CTRL pins comes from an RC-filtered PWM signal. The corner frequency of R1 and C1 should be much lower than the frequency of the PWM signal for proper filtering. The dimming control using a filtered PWM signal is shown in Figure 6. CTRL2 147k 1% RFB1 16.5Ω CIN: TAIYO YUDEN JMK107BJ105 COUT1, COUT2: TAIYO YUDEN UMK325BJ105 L1, L2: TOKO A920CY-680M RFB2 16.5Ω Figure 3. Li-Ion to 10/10 White LEDs 90 VIN = 3.6V 10/10 LEDs 85 EFFICIENCY (%) 250 VIN = 3V TA = 25°C DN1010 F03 80 FEEDBACK VOLTAGE (mV) L1 68µH 200 150 100 50 75 0 70 0 1 0.5 1.5 CONTROL VOLTAGE (V) 2 DN1010 F05 65 Figure 5. Feedback Voltage vs VCTRL 60 4 0 8 12 LED CURRENT (mA) DN1010 F04 Figure 4. Efficiency vs LED Current, Circuit of Figure 3 The circuit can be further optimized for efficiency and size by programming the operating frequency over a 200kHz to 2MHz range using a single external timing resistor. Dimming Control The LT3466 features single pin shutdown and dimming control for each converter. The LED current in the two drivers can be set independently by modulating the CTRL1 and CTRL2 pins. There are two different types of control methods: DC voltage dimming and filtered PWM signal dimming. PWM 10kHz TYP LT3466 R1 10k CTRL1,2 C1 1µF DN1010 F06 Figure 6. Filtered PWM Dimming Conclusion The LT3466 is a dual channel white LED driver capable of driving up to 20 white LEDs from a single cell Li-Ion input. The device features 44V internal power switches, internal Schottky diodes, adjustable switching frequency, DC dimming control, automatic soft-start, open LED protection and optimized internal compensation. The LT3466 is an ideal solution for multipanel LCD backlight applications or space constrained portable applications such as cellular phones, PDAs and digital cameras. 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