PCU9956A
24-channel UFm 5 MHz I2C-bus 57 mA/20 V constant current
LED driver
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Product data sheet
1. General description
The PCU9956A is an Ultra Fast-mode (UFm) I2C-bus controlled 24-channel constant
current LED driver optimized for dimming and blinking 57 mA Red/Green/Blue/Amber
(RGBA) LEDs in amusement products. Each LED output has its own 8-bit resolution
(256 steps) fixed frequency individual PWM controller that operates at 31.25 kHz with a
duty cycle that is adjustable from 0 % to 99.6 % to allow the LED to be set to a specific
brightness value. An additional 8-bit resolution (256 steps) group PWM controller has both
a fixed frequency of 122 Hz and an adjustable frequency between 15 Hz to once every
16.8 seconds with a duty cycle that is adjustable from 0 % to 99.6 % that is used to either
dim or blink all LEDs with the same value.
Each LED output can be off, on (no PWM control), set at its individual PWM controller
value or at both individual and group PWM controller values. The PCU9956A operates
with a supply voltage range of 3 V to 5.5 V and the constant current sink LED outputs
allow up to 20 V for the LED supply. The output peak current is adjustable with an 8-bit
linear DAC from 225 A to 57 mA.
A thermal shutdown feature protects the device when internal junction temperature
exceeds the limit allowed for the process.
The PCU9956A device is the first LED controller device in a new Ultra Fast-mode (UFm)
I2C-bus family. UFm I2C-bus devices offer higher frequency (up to 5 MHz). the UFm
I2C-bus slave devices operate in receive-only mode. That is, only I2C writes to PCU9956A
are supported. As such, there are no status registers in PCU9956A. The PCU9956A
allows significantly higher data transfer rate compared to the Fast-mode Plus version
(PCA9956A).
The active LOW output enable input pin (OE) blinks all the LED outputs and can be used
to externally PWM the outputs, which is useful when multiple devices need to be dimmed
or blinked together without using software control.
Software programmable LED Group and three Sub Call I2C-bus addresses allow all or
defined groups of PCU9956A devices to respond to a common I2C-bus address, allowing
for example, all red LEDs to be turned on or off at the same time or marquee chasing
effect, thus minimizing I2C-bus commands. On power-up, PCU9956A will have a unique
Sub Call address to identify it as a 24-channel LED driver. This allows mixing of devices
with different channel widths. Three hardware address pins on PCU9956A allow up to
125 devices on the same bus.
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The Software Reset (SWRST) function allows the master to perform a reset of the
PCU9956A through the I2C-bus, identical to the Power-On Reset (POR) that initializes the
registers to their default state causing the output current switches to be OFF (LED off).
This allows an easy and quick way to reconfigure all device registers to the same
condition.
2. Features and benefits
24 LED drivers. Each output programmable at:
Off
On
Programmable LED brightness
Programmable group dimming/blinking mixed with individual LED brightness
Programmable LED output delay to reduce EMI and surge currents
24 constant current output channels can sink up to 57 mA, tolerate up to 20 V when
OFF
Output current adjusted through an external resistor (REXT input)
Output current accuracy
4 % between output channels
6 % between PCU9956A devices
Thermal shut-down for overtemperature
5 MHz Ultra Fast-mode I2C-bus interface
256-step (8-bit) linear programmable brightness per LED output varying from fully off
(default) to maximum brightness using a 31.25 kHz PWM signal
256-step group brightness control allows general dimming (using a 122 Hz PWM
signal) from fully off to maximum brightness (default)
256-step group blinking with frequency programmable from 15 Hz to 16.8 s and duty
cycle from 0 % to 99.6 %
Output state change programmable on the Acknowledge (bit 9, this bit is always set
to 1 by I2C-bus master) or the STOP Command to update outputs byte-by-byte or all at
the same time (default to ‘Change on STOP’).
Active LOW Output Enable (OE) input pin allows for hardware blinking and dimming of
the LEDs
Three quinary hardware address pins allow 125 PCU9956A devices to be connected
to the same I2C-bus and to be individually programmed
4 software programmable I2C-bus addresses (one LED Group Call address and three
LED Sub Call addresses) allow groups of devices to be addressed at the same time in
any combination (for example, one register used for ‘All Call’ so that all the
PCU9956As on the I2C-bus can be addressed at the same time and the second
register used for three different addresses so that 1⁄3 of all devices on the bus can be
addressed at the same time in a group). Software enable and disable for each
programmable I2C-bus address.
Unique power-up default Sub Call address allows mixing of devices with different
channel widths
Software Reset feature (SWRST Call) allows the device to be reset through the
I2C-bus
8 MHz internal oscillator requires no external components
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Internal power-on reset
Noise filter on USDA/USCL inputs
No glitch on LED outputs on power-up
Low standby current
Operating power supply voltage (VDD) range of 3 V to 5.5 V
5.5 V tolerant inputs on non-LED pins
40 C to +85 C operation
ESD protection exceeds 3000 V HBM per JESD22-A114
Latch-up testing is done to JEDEC Standard JESD78 which exceeds 100 mA
Packages offered: HTSSOP38
3. Applications
Amusement products
RGB or RGBA LED drivers
LED status information
LED displays
LCD backlights
Keypad backlights for cellular phones or handheld devices
4. Ordering information
Table 1.
Ordering information
Type number
PCU9956ATW
Topside mark
PCU9956ATW
Package
Name
Description
Version
HTSSOP38
plastic thermal enhanced thin shrink small outline package; SOT1331-1
38 leads; body width 4.4 mm; lead pitch 0.5 mm;
exposed die pad
4.1 Ordering options
Table 2.
Ordering options
Type number
Orderable
part number
Package
Packing method
Minimum
order
quantity
Temperature
PCU9956ATW
PCU9956ATWY
HTSSOP38
Reel 13” Q1/T1
*standard mark SMD dry pack
2500
Tamb = 40 C to +85 C
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5. Block diagram
AD0 AD1 AD2
REXT
LED0
LED1
LED22
LED23
I/O
REGULATOR
PCU9956A
DAC0
USCL
INPUT FILTER
DAC1
USDA
I2C-BUS
CONTROL
individual LED
current setting
8-bit DACs
DAC
22
DAC
23
POWER-ON
RESET
VDD
OUTPUT DRIVER, DELAY CONTROL
AND THERMAL SHUTDOWN
200 kΩ
VSS
INPUT
FILTER
RESET
LED STATE
SELECT
REGISTER
PWM
REGISTER X
BRIGHTNESS
CONTROL
÷ 256
31.25 kHz
8 MHz
OSCILLATOR
GRPFREQ
REGISTER
MUX/
CONTROL
GRPPWM
REGISTER
DIM CLOCK
'0' – permanently OFF
'1' – permanently ON
OE
002aag458
Dim repetition rate = 122 Hz.
Blink repetition rate = 15 Hz to every 16.8 seconds.
Fig 1.
Block diagram of PCU9956A
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6. Pinning information
6.1 Pinning
REXT
1
38
VDD
AD0
2
37
USDA
AD1
3
36
USCL
AD2
4
35
RESET
OE
5
34
VSS
LED0
6
33
LED23
LED1
7
32
LED22
LED2
8
31
LED21
LED3
9
30
LED20
PCU9956ATW
LED4
10
29
LED19
LED5
11
28
LED18
LED6
12
27
LED17
LED7
13
26
LED16
VSS
14
25
VSS
LED8
15
24
LED15
LED9
16
23
LED14
LED10
17
22
LED13
VSS
18
21
VSS
LED11
19
20
LED12
(1)
Transparant top view
002aag459
(1) Thermal pad; connected to VSS.
Fig 2.
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Pin configuration for HTSSOP38
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6.2 Pin description
Table 3.
Pin
Type
Description
REXT
1
I
current set resistor input; resistor to ground
AD0
2
I
address input 0
AD1
3
I
address input 1
AD2
4
I
address input 2
OE
5
I
active LOW output enable for LEDs
LED0
6
O
LED driver 0
LED1
7
O
LED driver 1
LED2
8
O
LED driver 2
LED3
9
O
LED driver 3
LED4
10
O
LED driver 4
LED5
11
O
LED driver 5
LED6
12
O
LED driver 6
LED7
13
O
LED driver 7
LED8
15
O
LED driver 8
LED9
16
O
LED driver 9
LED10
17
O
LED driver 10
LED11
19
O
LED driver 11
LED12
20
O
LED driver 12
LED13
22
O
LED driver 13
LED14
23
O
LED driver 14
LED15
24
O
LED driver 15
LED16
26
O
LED driver 16
LED17
27
O
LED driver 17
LED18
28
O
LED driver 18
LED19
29
O
LED driver 19
LED20
30
O
LED driver 20
LED21
31
O
LED driver 21
LED22
32
O
LED driver 22
LED23
33
O
LED driver 23
RESET
35
I
active LOW reset input
USCL
36
I
UFm serial clock line
USDA
37
I
UFm serial data line
VSS
14, 18, 21, 25, 34[1]
ground
supply ground
VDD
38
power supply
supply voltage
[1]
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Symbol
HTSSOP38 package supply ground is connected to both VSS pins and exposed center pad. VSS pins must
be connected to supply ground for proper device operation. For enhanced thermal, electrical, and board
level performance, the exposed pad needs to be soldered to the board using a corresponding thermal pad
on the board and for proper heat conduction through the board, thermal vias need to be incorporated in the
printed-circuit board in the thermal pad region.
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7. Functional description
Refer to Figure 1 “Block diagram of PCU9956A”.
7.1 Device addresses
Following a START condition, the bus master must output the address of the slave it is
accessing.
For PCU9956A there are a maximum of 125 possible programmable addresses using the
three quinary hardware address pins.
7.1.1 Regular I2C-bus slave address
The I2C-bus slave address of the PCU9956A is shown in Figure 3. The 7-bit slave
address is determined by the quinary input pads AD0, AD1 and AD2. Each pad can have
one of five states (GND, pull-up, floating, pull-down, and VDD) based on how the input pad
is connected on the board. At power-up or hardware/software reset, the quinary input
pads are sampled and set the slave address of the device internally. To conserve power,
once the slave address is determined, the quinary input pads are turned off and will not be
sampled until the next time the device is power cycled. Table 4 lists the five possible
connections for the quinary input pads along with the external resistor values that must be
used.
Table 4.
Quinary input pad connection
Pad connection
(pins AD2, AD1, AD0)[1]
Mnemonic
Min.
Max.
tie to ground
GND
0
17.9
resistor pull-down to ground
PD
34.8
270
open (floating)
FLT
503
resistor pull-up to VDD
PU
31.7
340
tie to VDD
VDD
0
22.1
[1]
External resistor (k)
These AD[2:0] inputs must be stable before the supply VDD to chip.
Table 5 lists all 125 possible slave addresses of the device based on all combinations of
the five states connected to three address input pins AD0, AD1 and AD2.
Table 5.
Hardware selectable input pins
I2C-bus slave address for PCU9956A
AD2
Decimal
AD0
Hex
Binary (A[6:0])
Address (R/W = 0)
02h
GND
GND
GND
1
01
GND
GND
PD
2
02
0000010[1]
04h
03
0000011[1]
06h
04
0000100[1]
08h
0Ah
GND
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AD1
0000001[1]
GND
PCU9956A
I2C-bus slave address
GND
GND
FLT
PU
3
4
GND
GND
VDD
5
05
0000101[1]
GND
PD
GND
6
06
0000110[1]
0Ch
0Eh
GND
PD
PD
7
07
0000111[1]
GND
PD
FLT
8
08
0001000
10h
GND
PD
PU
9
09
0001001
12h
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I2C-bus slave address …continued
Hardware selectable input pins
I2C-bus slave address for PCU9956A
AD2
AD1
AD0
Decimal
Hex
Binary (A[6:0])
Address (R/W = 0)
GND
PD
VDD
10
0A
0001010
14h
GND
FLT
GND
11
0B
0001011
16h
GND
FLT
PD
12
0C
0001100
18h
GND
FLT
FLT
13
0D
0001101
1Ah
GND
FLT
PU
14
0E
0001110
1Ch
GND
FLT
VDD
15
0F
0001111
1Eh
GND
PU
GND
16
10
0010000
20h
GND
PU
PD
17
11
0010001
22h
GND
PU
FLT
18
12
0010010
24h
GND
PU
PU
19
13
0010011
26h
GND
PU
VDD
20
14
0010100
28h
GND
VDD
GND
21
15
0010101
2Ah
GND
VDD
PD
22
16
0010110
2Ch
GND
VDD
FLT
23
17
0010111
2Eh
GND
VDD
PU
24
18
0011000
30h
GND
VDD
VDD
25
19
0011001
32h
PD
GND
GND
26
1A
0011010
34h
PD
GND
PD
27
1B
0011011
36h
PD
GND
FLT
28
1C
0011100
38h
PD
GND
PU
29
1D
0011101
3Ah
PD
GND
VDD
30
1E
0011110
3Ch
PD
PD
GND
31
1F
0011111
3Eh
PD
PD
PD
32
20
0100000
40h
PD
PD
FLT
33
21
0100001
42h
PD
PD
PU
34
22
0100010
44h
PD
PD
VDD
35
23
0100011
46h
PD
FLT
GND
36
24
0100100
48h
PD
FLT
PD
37
25
0100101
4Ah
PD
FLT
FLT
38
26
0100110
4Ch
PD
FLT
PU
39
27
0100111
4Eh
PD
FLT
VDD
40
28
0101000
50h
PD
PU
GND
41
29
0101001
52h
PD
PU
PD
42
2A
0101010
54h
PD
PU
FLT
43
2B
0101011
56h
PD
PU
PU
44
2C
0101100
58h
PD
PU
VDD
45
2D
0101101
5Ah
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I2C-bus slave address …continued
Hardware selectable input pins
I2C-bus slave address for PCU9956A
AD2
AD1
AD0
Decimal
Hex
Binary (A[6:0])
Address (R/W = 0)
PD
VDD
GND
46
2E
0101110
5Ch
PD
VDD
PD
47
2F
0101111
5Eh
PD
VDD
FLT
48
30
0110000
60h
PD
VDD
PU
49
31
0110001
62h
PD
VDD
VDD
50
32
0110010
64h
FLT
GND
GND
51
33
0110011
66h
FLT
GND
PD
52
34
0110100
68h
FLT
GND
FLT
53
35
0110101
6Ah
FLT
GND
PU
54
36
0110110
6Ch
FLT
GND
VDD
55
37
0110111
6Eh
FLT
PD
GND
56
38
0111000
70h
FLT
PD
PD
57
39
0111001
72h
FLT
PD
FLT
58
3A
0111010
74h
FLT
PD
PU
59
3B
0111011
76h
FLT
PD
VDD
60
3C
0111100
78h
FLT
FLT
GND
61
3D
0111101
7Ah
FLT
FLT
PD
62
3E
0111110
7Ch
FLT
FLT
FLT
63
3F
0111111
7Eh
FLT
FLT
PU
64
40
1000000
80h
FLT
FLT
VDD
65
41
1000001
82h
FLT
PU
GND
66
42
1000010
84h
FLT
PU
PD
67
43
1000011
86h
FLT
PU
FLT
68
44
1000100
88h
FLT
PU
PU
69
45
1000101
8Ah
FLT
PU
VDD
70
46
1000110
8Ch
FLT
VDD
GND
71
47
1000111
8Eh
FLT
VDD
PD
72
48
1001000
90h
FLT
VDD
FLT
73
49
1001001
92h
FLT
VDD
PU
74
4A
1001010
94h
FLT
VDD
VDD
75
4B
1001011
96h
PU
GND
GND
76
4C
1001100
98h
PU
GND
PD
77
4D
1001101
9Ah
PU
GND
FLT
78
4E
1001110
9Ch
PU
GND
PU
79
4F
1001111
9Eh
PU
GND
VDD
80
50
1010000
A0h
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I2C-bus slave address …continued
Hardware selectable input pins
I2C-bus slave address for PCU9956A
AD2
AD1
AD0
Decimal
Hex
Binary (A[6:0])
Address (R/W = 0)
PU
PD
GND
81
51
1010001
A2h
PU
PD
PD
82
52
1010010
A4h
PU
PD
FLT
83
53
1010011
A6h
PU
PD
PU
84
54
1010100
A8h
PU
PD
VDD
85
55
1010101
AAh
PU
FLT
GND
86
56
1010110
ACh
PU
FLT
PD
87
57
1010111
AEh
PU
FLT
FLT
88
58
1011000
B0h
PU
FLT
PU
89
59
1011001
B2h
PU
FLT
VDD
90
5A
1011010
B4h
PU
PU
GND
91
5B
1011011
B6h
PU
PU
PD
92
5C
1011100
B8h
PU
PU
FLT
93
5D
1011101
BAh
PU
PU
PU
94
5E
1011110
BCh
PU
PU
VDD
95
5F
1011111
BEh
PU
VDD
GND
96
60
1100000
C0h
PU
VDD
PD
97
61
1100001
C2h
PU
VDD
FLT
98
62
1100010
C4h
PU
VDD
PU
99
63
1100011
C6h
PU
VDD
VDD
100
64
1100100
C8h
VDD
GND
GND
101
65
1100101
CAh
VDD
GND
PD
102
66
1100110
CCh
VDD
GND
FLT
103
67
1100111
CEh
VDD
GND
PU
104
68
1101000
D0h
VDD
GND
VDD
105
69
1101001
D2h
VDD
PD
GND
106
6A
1101010
D4h
VDD
PD
PD
107
6B
1101011
D6h
VDD
PD
FLT
108
6C
1101100
D8h
VDD
PD
PU
109
6D
1101101
DAh
VDD
PD
VDD
110
6E
1101110
DCh
VDD
FLT
GND
111
6F
1101111
DEh
VDD
FLT
PD
112
70
1110000
E0h
VDD
FLT
FLT
113
71
1110001
E2h
VDD
FLT
PU
114
72
1110010
E4h
VDD
FLT
VDD
115
73
1110011
E6h
VDD
PU
GND
116
74
1110100
E8h
VDD
PU
PD
117
75
1110101
EAh
VDD
PU
FLT
118
76
1110110
ECh
VDD
PU
PU
119
77
1110111
EEh
VDD
PU
VDD
120
78
1111000[1]
F0h
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Table 5.
I2C-bus slave address …continued
Hardware selectable input pins
I2C-bus slave address for PCU9956A
AD2
Decimal
AD1
VDD
VDD
GND
VDD
VDD
AD0
121
PD
122
Hex
Binary (A[6:0])
Address (R/W = 0)
79
1111001[1]
F2h
7A
1111010[1]
F4h
F6h
VDD
VDD
FLT
123
7B
1111011[1]
VDD
VDD
PU
124
7C
1111100[1]
F8h
7D
1111101[1]
FAh
VDD
VDD
[1]
VDD
125
See ‘Remark’ below.
Remark: Reserved I2C-bus addresses must be used with caution since they can interfere
with:
•
•
•
•
‘reserved for future use’ I2C-bus addresses (0000 011, 1111 1XX)
slave devices that use the 10-bit addressing scheme (1111 0XX)
slave devices that are designed to respond to the General Call address (0000 000)
High-speed mode (Hs-mode) master code (0000 1XX)
slave address(1)
A6
A5
A4
A3
A2
write only
A1
A0
0
002aag460
(1) This slave address must match one of the 125 internal addresses as shown in Table 5.
Fig 3.
PCU9956A slave address
The last bit of the address byte defines the operation to be performed. Only writes to
PCU9956A are supported, therefore the last bit is set to 0. No Read available with UFm
I2C-bus.
7.1.2 LED All Call I2C-bus address
• Default power-up value (ALLCALLADR register): E0h or 1110 000X
• Programmable through I2C-bus (volatile programming)
• At power-up, LED All Call I2C-bus address is enabled.
See Section 7.3.10 “ALLCALLADR, LED All Call I2C-bus address” for more detail.
Remark: The default LED All Call I2C-bus address (E0h or 1110 000X) must not be used
as a regular I2C-bus slave address since this address is enabled at power-up. All of the
PCU9956As on the I2C-bus will recognize the address if sent by the I2C-bus master.
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7.1.3 LED Sub Call I2C-bus addresses
• 3 different I2C-bus addresses can be used
• Default power-up values:
– SUBADR1 register: EEh or 1110 111X
– SUBADR2 register: EEh or 1110 111X
– SUBADR3 register: EEh or 1110 111X
• Programmable through I2C-bus (volatile programming)
• At power-up, SUBADR1 is enabled while SUBADR2 and SUBADR3 I2C-bus
addresses are disabled.
Remark: At power-up SUBADR1 identifies this device as a 24-channel driver.
See Section 7.3.9 “LED Sub Call I2C-bus addresses for PCU9956A” for more detail.
Remark: The default LED Sub Call I2C-bus addresses may be used as regular I2C-bus
slave addresses as long as they are disabled.
7.2 Control register
Following the slave address, LED All Call address or LED Sub Call address, the bus
master will send a byte to the PCU9956A, which will be stored in the Control register.
The lowest 7 bits are used as a pointer to determine which register will be accessed
(D[6:0]). The highest bit is used as Auto-Increment Flag (AIF).
This bit along with the MODE1 register bit 5 and bit 6 provide the Auto-Increment feature.
register address
AIF
D6
D5
D4
D3
D2
Auto-Increment Flag
D1
D0
002aad850
reset state = 80h
Remark: The Control register does not apply to the Software Reset I2C-bus address.
Fig 4.
Control register
When the Auto-Increment Flag is set (AIF = logic 1), the seven low order bits of the
Control register are automatically incremented after a write. This allows the user to
program the registers sequentially. Four different types of Auto-Increment are possible,
depending on AI1 and AI0 values of MODE1 register.
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Table 6.
Auto-Increment options
AIF
AI1[1]
AI0[1]
Function
0
0
0
no Auto-Increment
1
0
0
Auto-Increment for registers (00h to 3Eh). D[6:0] roll over to 00h after the
last register 3Eh is accessed.
1
0
1
Auto-Increment for individual brightness registers only (0Ah to 21h).
D[6:0] roll over to 0Ah after the last register (21h) is accessed.
1
1
0
Auto-Increment for MODE1 to IREF23 control registers (00h to 39h).
D[6:0] roll over to 00h after the last register (39h) is accessed.
1
1
1
Auto-Increment for global control registers and individual brightness
registers (08h to 21h). D[6:0] roll over to 08h after the last register (21h) is
accessed.
[1]
AI1 and AI0 come from MODE1 register.
Remark: Other combinations not shown in Table 6 (AIF + AI[1:0] = 001b, 010b and 011b)
are reserved and must not be used for proper device operation.
AIF + AI[1:0] = 000b is used when the same register must be accessed several times
during a single I2C-bus communication, for example, changes the brightness of a single
LED. Data is overwritten each time the register is accessed during a write operation.
AIF + AI[1:0] = 100b is used when all the registers must be sequentially accessed, for
example, power-up programming.
AIF + AI[1:0] = 101b is used when the 24 LED drivers must be individually programmed
with different values during the same I2C-bus communication, for example, changing color
setting to another color setting.
AIF + AI[1:0] = 110b is used when MODE1 to IREF23 registers must be programmed with
different settings during the same I2C-bus communication.
AIF + AI[1:0] = 111b is used when the 24 LED drivers must be individually programmed
with different values in addition to global programming.
Only the 7 least significant bits D[6:0] are affected by the AIF, AI1 and AI0 bits.
When the Control register is written, the register entry point determined by D[6:0] is the
first register that will be addressed (write operation), and can be anywhere between 00h
and 3Eh (as defined in Table 7). When AIF = 1, the Auto-Increment Flag is set and the
rollover value at which the register increment stops and goes to the next one is
determined by AIF, AI1 and AI0. See Table 6 for rollover values. For example, if MODE1
register bit AI1 = 0 and AI0 = 1 and if the Control register = 1001 0000, then the register
addressing sequence will be (in hex):
10 11 … 21 0A 0B … 21 0A 0B … as long as the master
keeps sending data.
If MODE1 register bit AI1 = 0 and AI0 = 0 and if the Control register = 1010 0010, then the
register addressing sequence will be (in hex):
22 23 … 3E 00 01 … 21 0A 0B … as long as the master
keeps sending data.
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If MODE1 register bit AI1 = 0 and AI0 = 1 and if the Control register = 1000 0101, then the
register addressing sequence will be (in hex):
05 06 … 21 0A 0B … 21 0A 0B … as long as the master
keeps sending data.
Remark: Writing to registers marked ‘not used’ will be ignored.
7.3 Register definitions
Table 7.
Register summary
Register
D6
number (hex)
D5
D4
D3
D2
D1
D0
Name
Type
Function
00h
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
MODE1
write only
Mode register 1
01h
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
MODE2
write only
Mode register 2
02h
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
LEDOUT0
write only
LED output state 0
03h
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
LEDOUT1
write only
LED output state 1
04h
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
LEDOUT2
write only
LED output state 2
05h
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
LEDOUT3
write only
LED output state 3
06h
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
LEDOUT4
write only
LED output state 4
07h
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
LEDOUT5
write only
LED output state 5
08h
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
GRPPWM
write only
group duty cycle control
09h
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
GRPFREQ
write only
group frequency
0Ah
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
PWM0
write only
brightness control LED0
0Bh
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
PWM1
write only
brightness control LED1
0Ch
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
PWM2
write only
brightness control LED2
0Dh
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
PWM3
write only
brightness control LED3
0Eh
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
PWM4
write only
brightness control LED4
0Fh
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
PWM5
write only
brightness control LED5
10h
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
PWM6
write only
brightness control LED6
11h
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
PWM7
write only
brightness control LED7
12h
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
PWM8
write only
brightness control LED8
13h
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
PWM9
write only
brightness control LED9
14h
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
PWM10
write only
brightness control LED10
15h
0
0
1
0
1
0
1
PWM11
write only
brightness control LED11
16h
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
PWM12
write only
brightness control LED12
17h
0
0
1
0
1
1
1
PWM13
write only
brightness control LED13
18h
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
PWM14
write only
brightness control LED14
19h
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
PWM15
write only
brightness control LED15
1Ah
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
PWM16
write only
brightness control LED16
1Bh
0
0
1
1
0
1
1
PWM17
write only
brightness control LED17
1Ch
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
PWM18
write only
brightness control LED18
1Dh
0
0
1
1
1
0
1
PWM19
write only
brightness control LED19
1Eh
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
PWM20
write only
brightness control LED20
1Fh
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
PWM21
write only
brightness control LED21
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Table 7.
Register summary …continued
Register
D6
number (hex)
D5
D4
D3
D2
D1
D0
Name
Type
Function
20h
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
PWM22
write only
brightness control LED22
21h
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
PWM23
write only
brightness control LED23
22h
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
IREF0
write only
output gain control register 0
23h
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
IREF1
write only
output gain control register 1
24h
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
IREF2
write only
output gain control register 2
25h
0
1
0
0
1
0
1
IREF3
write only
output gain control register 3
26h
0
1
0
0
1
1
0
IREF4
write only
output gain control register 4
27h
0
1
0
0
1
1
1
IREF5
write only
output gain control register 5
28h
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
IREF6
write only
output gain control register 6
29h
0
1
0
1
0
0
1
IREF7
write only
output gain control register 7
2Ah
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
IREF8
write only
output gain control register 8
2Bh
0
1
0
1
0
1
1
IREF9
write only
output gain control register 9
2Ch
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
IREF10
write only
output gain control register 10
2Dh
0
1
0
1
1
0
1
IREF11
write only
output gain control register 11
2Eh
0
1
0
1
1
1
0
IREF12
write only
output gain control register 12
2Fh
0
1
0
1
1
1
1
IREF13
write only
output gain control register 13
30h
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
IREF14
write only
output gain control register 14
31h
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
IREF15
write only
output gain control register 15
32h
0
1
1
0
0
1
0
IREF16
write only
output gain control register 16
33h
0
1
1
0
0
1
1
IREF17
write only
output gain control register 17
34h
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
IREF18
write only
output gain control register 18
35h
0
1
1
0
1
0
1
IREF19
write only
output gain control register 19
36h
0
1
1
0
1
1
0
IREF20
write only
output gain control register 20
37h
0
1
1
0
1
1
1
IREF21
write only
output gain control register 21
38h
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
IREF22
write only
output gain control register 22
39h
0
1
1
1
0
0
1
IREF23
write only
output gain control register 23
3Ah
0
1
1
1
0
1
0
OFFSET
write only
Offset/delay on LEDn outputs
3Bh
0
1
1
1
0
1
1
SUBADR1
write only
I2C-bus subaddress 1
3Ch
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
SUBADR2
write only
I2C-bus subaddress 2
3Dh
0
1
1
1
1
0
1
SUBADR3
write only
I2C-bus subaddress 3
3Eh
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
ALLCALLADR
write only
All Call I2C-bus address
3Fh
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
PWMALL
write only
brightness control for all LEDn
40h
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
IREFALL
write only
output gain control for all
registers IREF0 to IREF23
41h to 7Fh
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
reserved
write only
not used[1]
[1]
Writing to registers marked ‘not used’ will be ignored.
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7.3.1 MODE1 — Mode register 1
Table 8.
MODE1 - Mode register 1 (address 00h) bit description
Legend: * default value.
Bit
Symbol
Access
Value
Description
7
AIF
write only
0
Register Auto-Increment disabled.
1*
Register Auto-Increment enabled (write default logic 1).
0*
Auto-Increment bit 1 = 0. Auto-increment range as defined in Table 6.
1
Auto-Increment bit 1 = 1. Auto-increment range as defined in Table 6.
0*
Auto-Increment bit 0 = 0. Auto-increment range as defined in Table 6.
1
Auto-Increment bit 0 = 1. Auto-increment range as defined in Table 6.
0*
Normal mode[1].
1
Low power mode. Oscillator off[2][3].
0
PCU9956A does not respond to I2C-bus subaddress 1.
1*
PCU9956A responds to I2C-bus subaddress 1.
0*
PCU9956A does not respond to I2C-bus subaddress 2.
1
PCU9956A responds to I2C-bus subaddress 2.
0*
PCU9956A does not respond to I2C-bus subaddress 3.
1
PCU9956A responds to I2C-bus subaddress 3.
0
PCU9956A does not respond to LED All Call I2C-bus address.
1*
PCU9956A responds to LED All Call I2C-bus address.
6
AI1
5
AI0
4
write only
SLEEP
3
SUB1
2
write only
SUB3
0
write only
write only
SUB2
1
[1]
write only
write only
ALLCALL
write only
It takes 500 s max. for the oscillator to be up and running once SLEEP bit has been set to logic 0. Timings on LEDn outputs are not
guaranteed if PWMx, GRPPWM or GRPFREQ registers are accessed within the 500 s window.
[2]
No blinking or dimming is possible when the oscillator is off.
[3]
The device must be reset if the LED driver output state is set to LDRx=11 after the device is set back to Normal mode.
7.3.2 MODE2 — Mode register 2
Table 9.
MODE2 - Mode register 2 (address 01h) bit description
Legend: * default value.
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Symbol
Access
Value
Description
7
-
-
0*
not used (must write a logic 0)
6
-
-
0*
not used (must write a logic 0)
5
DMBLNK
write only
0*
group control = dimming.
1
group control = blinking.
4
-
-
0*
reserved (must write a logic 0)
3
OCH
write only
0*
outputs change on STOP command
1
outputs change on ACK; this ninth bit is always set
to 1 by UFm I2C-bus master
2
-
-
1*
reserved (must write a logic 1)
1
-
-
0*
reserved (must write a logic 0)
0
-
-
1*
reserved (must write a logic 1)
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7.3.3 LEDOUT0 to LEDOUT5, LED driver output state
Table 10.
LEDOUT0 to LEDOUT5 - LED driver output state registers (address 02h to 07h)
bit description
Legend: * default value.
Address
Register
Bit
Symbol
Access
Value
Description
02h
LEDOUT0
7:6
LDR3
write only
10*
LED3 output state control
5:4
LDR2
write only
10*
LED2 output state control
3:2
LDR1
write only
10*
LED1 output state control
1:0
LDR0
write only
10*
LED0 output state control
7:6
LDR7
write only
10*
LED7 output state control
5:4
LDR6
write only
10*
LED6 output state control
3:2
LDR5
write only
10*
LED5 output state control
1:0
LDR4
write only
10*
LED4 output state control
7:6
LDR11
write only
10*
LED11 output state control
5:4
LDR10
write only
10*
LED10 output state control
3:2
LDR9
write only
10*
LED9 output state control
1:0
LDR8
write only
10*
LED8 output state control
7:6
LDR15
write only
10*
LED15 output state control
5:4
LDR14
write only
10*
LED14 output state control
3:2
LDR13
write only
10*
LED13 output state control
1:0
LDR12
write only
10*
LED12 output state control
7:6
LDR19
write only
10*
LED19 output state control
5:4
LDR18
write only
10*
LED18 output state control
3:2
LDR17
write only
10*
LED17 output state control
1:0
LDR16
write only
10*
LED16 output state control
7:6
LDR23
write only
10*
LED23 output state control
5:4
LDR22
write only
10*
LED22 output state control
3:2
LDR21
write only
10*
LED21 output state control
1:0
LDR20
write only
10*
LED20 output state control
03h
04h
05h
06h
07h
LEDOUT1
LEDOUT2
LEDOUT3
LEDOUT4
LEDOUT5
LDRx = 00 — LED driver x is off (x = 0 to 23).
LDRx = 01 — LED driver x is fully on (individual brightness and group dimming/blinking
not controlled). The OE pin can be used as external dimming/blinking control in this state.
LDRx = 10 — LED driver x individual brightness can be controlled through its PWMx
register (default power-up state).
LDRx = 11 — LED driver x individual brightness and group dimming/blinking can be
controlled through its PWMx register and the GRPPWM registers.
Remark: Setting the device in low power mode while being on group dimming/blinking
mode may cause the LED output state to be in an unknown state after the device is set
back to normal mode. The device must be reset and all register values reprogrammed.
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7.3.4 GRPPWM, group duty cycle control
Table 11. GRPPWM - Group brightness control register (address 08h) bit description
Legend: * default value
Address
Register
Bit
Symbol
Access
Value
Description
08h
GRPPWM
7:0
GDC[7:0]
write only
1111 1111*
GRPPWM register
When DMBLNK bit (MODE2 register) is programmed with logic 0, a 122 Hz fixed
frequency signal is superimposed with the 31.25 kHz individual brightness control signal.
GRPPWM is then used as a global brightness control allowing the LED outputs to be
dimmed with the same value. The value in GRPFREQ is then a ‘Don’t care’.
General brightness for the 24 outputs is controlled through 256 linear steps from 00h
(0 % duty cycle = LED output off) to FFh (99.6 % duty cycle = maximum brightness).
Applicable to LED outputs programmed with LDRx = 11 (LEDOUT0 to LEDOUT5
registers).
When DMBLNK bit is programmed with logic 1, GRPPWM and GRPFREQ registers
define a global blinking pattern, where GRPFREQ contains the blinking period (from
67 ms to 16.8 s) and GRPPWM the duty cycle (ON/OFF ratio in %).
GDC 7:0
duty cycle = -------------------------256
(1)
7.3.5 GRPFREQ, group frequency
Table 12. GRPFREQ - Group frequency register (address 09h) bit description
Legend: * default value.
Address
Register
Bit
Symbol
Access
Value
Description
09h
GRPFREQ
7:0
GFRQ[7:0]
write only
0000 0000*
GRPFREQ register
GRPFREQ is used to program the global blinking period when DMBLNK bit (MODE2
register) is equal to 1. Value in this register is a ‘Don’t care’ when DMBLNK = 0.
Applicable to LED outputs programmed with LDRx = 11 (LEDOUT0 to LEDOUT5
registers).
Blinking period is controlled through 256 linear steps from 00h (67 ms, frequency 15 Hz)
to FFh (16.8 s).
GFRQ 7:0 + 1
global blinking period = ---------------------------------------- s
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7.3.6 PWM0 to PWM23, individual brightness control
Table 13. PWM0 to PWM23 - PWM registers 0 to 23 (address 0Ah to 21h) bit description
Legend: * default value.
Address
Register
Bit
Symbol
Access
Value
Description
0Ah
PWM0
7:0
IDC0[7:0]
write only 0000 0000* PWM0 Individual Duty Cycle
0Bh
PWM1
7:0
IDC1[7:0]
write only 0000 0000* PWM1 Individual Duty Cycle
0Ch
PWM2
7:0
IDC2[7:0]
write only 0000 0000* PWM2 Individual Duty Cycle
0Dh
PWM3
7:0
IDC3[7:0]
write only 0000 0000* PWM3 Individual Duty Cycle
0Eh
PWM4
7:0
IDC4[7:0]
write only 0000 0000* PWM4 Individual Duty Cycle
0Fh
PWM5
7:0
IDC5[7:0]
write only 0000 0000* PWM5 Individual Duty Cycle
10h
PWM6
7:0
IDC6[7:0]
write only 0000 0000* PWM6 Individual Duty Cycle
11h
PWM7
7:0
IDC7[7:0]
write only 0000 0000* PWM7 Individual Duty Cycle
12h
PWM8
7:0
IDC8[7:0]
write only 0000 0000* PWM8 Individual Duty Cycle
13h
PWM9
7:0
IDC9[7:0]
write only 0000 0000* PWM9 Individual Duty Cycle
14h
PWM10
7:0
IDC10[7:0] write only 0000 0000* PWM10 Individual Duty Cycle
15h
PWM11
7:0
IDC11[7:0] write only 0000 0000* PWM11 Individual Duty Cycle
16h
PWM12
7:0
IDC12[7:0] write only 0000 0000* PWM12 Individual Duty Cycle
17h
PWM13
7:0
IDC13[7:0] write only 0000 0000* PWM13 Individual Duty Cycle
18h
PWM14
7:0
IDC14[7:0] write only 0000 0000* PWM14 Individual Duty Cycle
19h
PWM15
7:0
IDC15[7:0] write only 0000 0000* PWM15 Individual Duty Cycle
1Ah
PWM16
7:0
IDC16[7:0] write only 0000 0000* PWM16 Individual Duty Cycle
1Bh
PWM17
7:0
IDC17[7:0] write only 0000 0000* PWM17 Individual Duty Cycle
1Ch
PWM18
7:0
IDC18[7:0] write only 0000 0000* PWM18 Individual Duty Cycle
1Dh
PWM19
7:0
IDC19[7:0] write only 0000 0000* PWM19 Individual Duty Cycle
1Eh
PWM20
7:0
IDC20[7:0] write only 0000 0000* PWM20 Individual Duty Cycle
1Fh
PWM21
7:0
IDC21[7:0] write only 0000 0000* PWM21 Individual Duty Cycle
20h
PWM22
7:0
IDC22[7:0] write only 0000 0000* PWM22 Individual Duty Cycle
21h
PWM23
7:0
IDC23[7:0] write only 0000 0000* PWM23 Individual Duty Cycle
A 31.25 kHz fixed frequency signal is used for each output. Duty cycle is controlled
through 256 linear steps from 00h (0 % duty cycle = LED output off) to FFh
(99.6 % duty cycle = LED output at maximum brightness). Applicable to LED outputs
programmed with LDRx = 10 or 11 (LEDOUT0 to LEDOUT5 registers).
IDCx 7:0
duty cycle = --------------------------256
(3)
Remark: The first lower end 8 steps of PWM and the last (higher end) steps of PWM will
not have effective brightness control of LEDs due to edge rate control of LED output pins.
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7.3.7 IREF0 to IREF23, LED output current value registers
These registers reflect the gain settings for output current for LED0 to LED23.
Table 14.
IREF0 to IREF23 - LED output gain control registers (address 22h to 39h)
bit description
Legend: * default value.
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Address
Register
Bit
Access
Value
Description
22h
IREF0
7:0
write only
00h*
LED0 output current setting
23h
IREF1
7:0
write only
00h*
LED1 output current setting
24h
IREF2
7:0
write only
00h*
LED2 output current setting
25h
IREF3
7:0
write only
00h*
LED3 output current setting
26h
IREF4
7:0
write only
00h*
LED4 output current setting
27h
IREF5
7:0
write only
00h*
LED5 output current setting
28h
IREF6
7:0
write only
00h*
LED6 output current setting
29h
IREF7
7:0
write only
00h*
LED7 output current setting
2Ah
IREF8
7:0
write only
00h*
LED8 output current setting
2Bh
IREF9
7:0
write only
00h*
LED9 output current setting
2Ch
IREF10
7:0
write only
00h*
LED10 output current setting
2Dh
IREF11
7:0
write only
00h*
LED11 output current setting
2Eh
IREF12
7:0
write only
00h*
LED12 output current setting
2Fh
IREF13
7:0
write only
00h*
LED13 output current setting
30h
IREF14
7:0
write only
00h*
LED14 output current setting
31h
IREF15
7:0
write only
00h*
LED15 output current setting
32h
IREF16
7:0
write only
00h*
LED16 output current setting
33h
IREF17
7:0
write only
00h*
LED17 output current setting
34h
IREF18
7:0
write only
00h*
LED18 output current setting
35h
IREF19
7:0
write only
00h*
LED19 output current setting
36h
IREF20
7:0
write only
00h*
LED20 output current setting
37h
IREF21
7:0
write only
00h*
LED21 output current setting
38h
IREF22
7:0
write only
00h*
LED22 output current setting
39h
IREF23
7:0
write only
00h*
LED23 output current setting
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7.3.8 OFFSET — LEDn output delay offset register
Table 15. OFFSET - LEDn output delay offset register (address 3Ah) bit description
Legend: * default value.
Address
Register
Bit
Access
Value
Description
3Ah
OFFSET
7:4
-
0000*
not used (must write a logic 0)
3:0
write only
1000*
LEDn output delay offset factor
The PCU9956A can be programmed to have turn-on delay between LED outputs. This
helps to reduce peak current for the VDD supply and reduces EMI.
The order in which the LED outputs are enabled will always be the same (channel 0 will
enable first and channel 23 will enable last).
OFFSET control register bits [3:0] determine the delay used between the turn-on times as
follows:
0000 = no delay between outputs (all on, all off at the same time)
0001 = delay of 1 clock cycle (125 ns) between successive outputs
0010 = delay of 2 clock cycles (250 ns) between successive outputs
0011 = delay of 3 clock cycles (375 ns) between successive outputs
:
0111 = delay of 7 clock cycles (875 ns) between successive outputs
1000 = delay of 8 clock cycles (1 s) between successive outputs
1001 = delay of 9 clock cycles (1.125 s) between successive outputs
1010 = delay of 10 clock cycles (1.25 s) between successive outputs
1011 = delay of 11 clock cycles (1.375 s) between successive outputs
1100 to 1111 = reserved and do not use
Example: If the value in the OFFSET register is 1000 the corresponding delay =
8 125 ns = 1 s delay between successive outputs.
channel 0 turns on at time 0 s
channel 1 turns on at time 1 s
channel 2 turns on at time 2 s
channel 3 turns on at time 3 s
channel 4 turns on at time 4 s
channel 5 turns on at time 5 s
channel 6 turns on at time 6 s
channel 7 turns on at time 7 s
channel 8 turns on at time 8 s
channel 9 turns on at time 9 s
channel 10 turns on at time 10 s
channel 11 turns on at time 11 s
channel 12 turns on at time 12 s
channel 13 turns on at time 13 s
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channel 14 turns on at time 14 s
channel 15 turns on at time 15 s
channel 16 turns on at time 16 s
channel 17 turns on at time 17 s
channel 18 turns on at time 18 s
channel 19 turns on at time 19 s
channel 20 turns on at time 20 s
channel 21 turns on at time 21 s
channel 22 turns on at time 22 s
channel 23 turns on at time 23 s
7.3.9 LED Sub Call I2C-bus addresses for PCU9956A
SUBADR1 to SUBADR3 - I2C-bus subaddress registers 1 to 3 (address 3Bh to
3Dh) bit description
Legend: * default value.
Table 16.
Address
Register
Bit
Symbol
Access
Value
Description
3Bh
SUBADR1
7:1
A1[7:1]
write only
1110 111*
I2C-bus subaddress 1
0
A1[0]
write only
0*
reserved
A2[7:1]
write only
1110 111*
I2C-bus subaddress 2
3Ch
SUBADR2
7:1
0
A2[0]
write only
0*
reserved
3Dh
SUBADR3
7:1
A3[7:1]
write only
1110 111*
I2C-bus subaddress 3
0
A3[0]
write only
0*
reserved
Default power-up values are EEh, EEh, EEh. At power-up, SUBADR1 is enabled while
SUBADR2 and SUBADR3 are disabled. The power-up default bit subaddress of EEh
indicates that this device is a 24-channel LED driver.
All three subaddresses are programmable. Once subaddresses have been programmed
to their right values, SUBx bits need to be set to logic 1 in order to have the device
respond to these addresses (MODE1 register) (0). When SUBx is set to logic 1, the
corresponding I2C-bus subaddress can be used during a UFm I2C-bus write sequence.
7.3.10 ALLCALLADR, LED All Call I2C-bus address
ALLCALLADR - LED All Call I2C-bus address register (address 3Eh) bit
description
Legend: * default value.
Table 17.
Address
Register
Bit
Symbol
Access
Value
Description
3Eh
ALLCALLADR
7:1
AC[7:1]
write only
1110 000*
ALLCALL I2C-bus
address register
0
AC[0]
write only
0*
reserved
The LED All Call I2C-bus address allows all the PCU9956As on the bus to be
programmed at the same time (ALLCALL bit in register MODE1 must be equal to logic 1
[power-up default state]). This address is programmable through the I2C-bus and can be
used during an I2C-bus write sequence. The register address can also be programmed as
a Sub Call.
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Only the 7 MSBs representing the All Call I2C-bus address are valid. The LSB in
ALLCALLADR register must write a logic 0.
If ALLCALL bit = 0 in MODE1 register, the device does not recognize the address
programmed in register ALLCALLADR.
7.3.11 PWMALL — brightness control for all LEDn outputs
When programmed, the value in this register will be used for PWM duty cycle for all the
LEDn outputs and will be reflected in PWM 0 through PWM23 registers.
Table 18.
PWMALL - brightness control for all LEDn outputs register (address 3Fh)
bit description
Legend: * default value.
Address
Register
Bit
Access
Value
Description
3Fh
PWMALL
7:0
write only
0000 0000*
duty cycle for all LEDn outputs
Remark: Write to any of the PWM0 to PWM23 registers will overwrite the value in
corresponding PWMn register programmed by PWMALL.
7.3.12 IREFALL register: output current value for all LED outputs
The output current setting for all outputs is held in this register. When this register is
written to or updated, all LED outputs will be set to a current corresponding to this register
value.
Writes to IREF0 to IREF23 will overwrite the output current settings.
Table 19. IREFALL - Output gain control for all LED outputs (address 40h) bit description
Legend: * default value.
Address
Register
Bit
Access
Value
Description
40h
IREFALL
7:0
write only
00h*
current gain setting for all LED outputs
7.3.13 LED driver constant current outputs
In LED display applications, PCU9956A provides nearly no current variations from
channel to channel and from device to device. The maximum current skew between
channels is less than 4 % and less than 6 % between devices.
7.3.13.1
Adjusting output current
The PCU9956A scales up the reference current (Iref) set by the external resistor (Rext) to
sink the output current (IO) at each output port. The maximum output current for the
outputs can be set using Rext. In addition, the constant value for current drive at each of
the outputs is independently programmable using command registers IREF0 to IREF23.
Alternatively, programming the IREFALL register allows all outputs to be set at one current
value determined by the value in IREFALL register.
Equation 4 and Equation 5 can be used to calculate the minimum and maximum constant
current values that can be programmed for the outputs for a chosen Rext.
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I O _LED_MIN = ------------------- --- minimum constant current
4
R ext
(4)
900 mV 255
I O _LED_MAX = 255 I O _LED_MIN = ------------------- ---------
4
R ext
(5)
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For a given IREFx setting, I O _LED = IREFx ------------------- --- .
4
R ext
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80
IREFx = 255
IO(LEDn)
(mA)
60
40
20
0
1
2
4
3
5
6
8
7
9
10
Rext (kΩ)
IO(LEDn) (mA) = IREFx (0.9 / 4) / Rext (k)
maximum IO(LEDn) (mA) = 255 (0.9 / 4) / Rext (k)
Remark: Default IREFx at power-up = 0.
Fig 5.
Maximum ILED versus Rext
Example 1: If Rext = 1 k, IO_LED_MIN = 225 A, IO_LED_MAX = 57.375 mA (as shown
in Figure 6).
So each channel can be programmed with its individual IREFx in 256 steps and in 225 A
increments to a maximum output current of 57.375 mA independently.
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60
IO(target)
(mA)
50
57.375
40
30
20
10
0
0
Fig 6.
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64
96
128
160
192
224
255
IREFx[7:0] value
IO(target) versus IREFx value with Rext = 1 k
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Example 2: If Rext = 2 k, IO_LED_MIN = 112.5 A, IO_LED_MAX = 28.687 mA
(as shown in Figure 7).
So each channel can be programmed with its individual IREFx in 256 steps and in
112.5 A increments to a maximum output channel of 28.687 mA independently.
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30
IO(target)
(mA)
20
10
0
0
Fig 7.
32
64
96
128
160
192
255
224
IREFx[7:0] value
IO(target) versus IREFx value with Rext = 2 k
7.3.14 Overtemperature protection
If the PCU9956A chip temperature exceeds its limit (Tmax, see Table 22), all output
channels will be disabled until the temperature drops below its limit minus a small
hysteresis (Thys, see Table 22). Once the die temperature reduces below the Tmax Thys,
the chip will return to the same condition it was prior to the overtemperature event.
7.4 Active LOW output enable input
The active LOW output enable (OE) pin on PCU9956A allows to enable or disable all the
LED outputs at the same time.
• When a LOW level is applied to OE pin, all the LED outputs are enabled.
• When a HIGH level is applied to OE pin, all the LED outputs are high-impedance.
The OE pin can be used as a synchronization signal to switch on/off several PCU9956A
devices at the same time when LED drive output state is set fully ON (LDRx = 01 in
LEDOUTx register) in these devices. This requires an external clock reference that
provides blinking period and the duty cycle.
The OE pin can also be used as an external dimming control signal. The frequency of the
external clock must be high enough not to be seen by the human eye, and the duty cycle
value determines the brightness of the LEDs.
Remark: Do not use OE as an external blinking control signal when internal global
blinking is selected (DMBLNK = 1, MODE2 register) since it will result in an undefined
blinking pattern. Do not use OE as an external dimming control signal when internal global
dimming is selected (DMBLNK = 0, MODE2 register) since it will result in an undefined
dimming pattern.
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7.5 Power-on reset
When power is applied to VDD, an internal power-on reset holds the PCU9956A in a reset
condition until VDD has reached VPOR. At this point, the reset condition is released and the
PCU9956A registers and I2C-bus state machine are initialized to their default states (all
zeroes) causing all the channels to be deselected. Thereafter, VDD must be pulled lower
than 1 V and stay LOW for longer than 20 s. The device will reset itself, and allow 2 ms
for the device to fully wake up.
Remark: In order to guarantee a proper Power-On Reset operation for device, the rising
rate of VDD must be less than 3 ms per 1 V or less than 10 ms from 0 V to 3.3 V. Also,
VDD must return to 0 V for a minimum of 10 ms before rising again while VDD power is
re-cycling.
7.6 Hardware reset recovery
When a reset of PCU9956A is activated using an active LOW input on the RESET pin, a
reset pulse width of 2.5 s minimum is required. The maximum wait time after RESET pin
is released is 1.5 ms.
7.7 Software reset
The Software Reset Call (SWRST Call) allows all the devices in the I2C-bus to be reset to
the power-up state value through a specific formatted I2C-bus command. To be performed
correctly, it implies that the I2C-bus is functional and that there is no device hanging the
bus.
The maximum wait time after software reset is 1 ms.
The SWRST Call function is defined as the following:
1. A START command is sent by the I2C-bus master.
2. The reserved General Call address ‘0000 000’ with the R/W bit set to ‘0’ (write) is sent
by the I2C-bus master.
3. Since PCU9956A is a UFm I2C-bus device, no acknowledge is returned to the I2C-bus
master.
4. Once the General Call address has been sent, the master sends 1 byte with 1 specific
value (SWRST data byte 1): Byte 1 = 06h.
If more than 1 byte of data is sent, they will be ignored by the PCU9956A.
5. Once the correct byte (SWRST data byte 1) has been sent, the master sends a STOP
command to end the SWRST function: the PCU9956A then resets to the default value
(power-up value) and is ready to be addressed again within the specified bus free
time (tBUF).
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General Call address
S
0
0
0
0
START condition
0
0
0
SWRST data byte 1
0
1
0
0
this bit is
always = 1
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
P
this bit is
always = 1
STOP
condition
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7.8 Individual brightness control with group dimming/blinking
A 31.25 kHz fixed frequency signal with programmable duty cycle (8 bits, 256 steps) is
used to control individually the brightness for each LED.
On top of this signal, one of the following signals can be superimposed (this signal can be
applied to the 24 LED outputs LED0 to LED23).
• A lower 122 Hz fixed frequency signal with programmable duty cycle (8 bits,
256 steps) is used to provide a global brightness control.
• A programmable frequency signal from 15 Hz to every 16.8 seconds (8 bits,
256 steps) with programmable duty cycle (8 bits, 256 steps) is used to provide a
global blinking control.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9 10 11 12
251
252
253
254
255
256
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9 10 11
Brightness Control signal (LEDn)
N × 125 ns
with N = (0 to 255)
(PWMx Register)
M × 256 × 125 ns
with M = (0 to 255)
(GRPPWM Register)
256 × 125 ns = 32 μs
(31.25 kHz)
Group Dimming signal
256 × 256 × 125 ns = 8.19 ms (122 Hz)
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
resulting Brightness + Group Dimming signal
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Minimum pulse width for LEDn Brightness Control is 125 ns.
Minimum pulse width for Group Dimming is 32 s.
When M = 1 (GRPPWM register value), the resulting LEDn Brightness Control + Group Dimming signal will have 1 pulse of the
LED Brightness Control signal (pulse width = N 125 ns, with ‘N’ defined in PWMx register).
This resulting Brightness + Group Dimming signal above shows a resulting Control signal with M = 8.
Fig 9.
Brightness + Group Dimming signals
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8. Characteristics of the PCU9956A Ultra Fast-mode I2C-bus
The PCU9956A LED controller uses the new Ultra Fast-mode (UFm) I2C-bus to
communicate with the UFm I2C-bus capable host controller. Like the Standard mode and
Fast-mode Plus (Fm+) I2C-bus, it uses two lines for communication. They are a serial data
line (USDA) and a serial clock line (USCL). The UFm is a unidirectional bus that is
capable of higher frequency (up to 5 MHz). The UFm I2C-bus slave devices operate in
receive-only mode. That is, only I2C writes to PCU9956A are supported.
8.1 Bit transfer
One data bit is transferred during each clock pulse. The data on the USDA line must
remain stable during the HIGH period of the clock pulse as changes in the data line at this
time will be interpreted as control signals (see Figure 10).
USDA
USCL
data line
stable;
data valid
change
of data
allowed
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Fig 10. Bit transfer
8.1.1 START and STOP conditions
Both data and clock lines remain HIGH when the bus is not busy. A HIGH-to-LOW
transition of the data line while the clock is HIGH is defined as the START condition (S).
A LOW-to-HIGH transition of the data line while the clock is HIGH is defined as the STOP
condition (P) (see Figure 11).
USDA
USCL
S
P
START condition
STOP condition
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Fig 11. Definition of START and STOP conditions
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8.2 System configuration
A device generating a message is a ‘transmitter’; a device receiving is the ‘receiver’. The
device that controls the message is the ‘master’ and the devices which are controlled by
the master are the ‘slaves’ (see Figure 12).
USDA
MASTER UFm
TRANSMITTER
USCL
SLAVE UFm
RECEIVER
SLAVE UFm
RECEIVER
SLAVE UFm
RECEIVER
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Fig 12. System configuration
8.3 Data transfer
The number of data bytes transferred between the START and the STOP conditions from
transmitter to receiver is not limited. Each byte of eight bits is followed by one bit that is
always set to 1. The master generates an extra related clock pulse.
USDA data output by
master UFm transmitter
USCL clock from master
1
2
8
9
S
START
condition
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Fig 13. Data transfer
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9. Bus transactions
slave address(1)
control register
S A6 A5 A4 A3 A2 A1 A0 0
START condition
1
X D6 D5 D4 D3 D2 D1 D0 1
register address(2)
write
only
data for register D[7:0]
Auto-Increment flag
(don’t care)
1
this bit
always = 1
P
this bit
always = 1
STOP
condition
this bit
always = 1
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(1) See Table 5 for I2C-bus slave address.
(2) See Table 7 for register definition.
Fig 14. Write to a specific register
slave address
S A6 A5 A4 A3 A2 A1 A0 0
START condition
MODE1 register data(1)
control register
1
write
only
this bit
always = 1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
MODE1
register selection
Auto-Increment on
1
this bit
always = 1
MODE2 register data
1
1
this bit
always = 1
this bit
always = 1
(cont.)
ALLCALLADR register data
(cont.)
1
P
this bit
always = 1
STOP
condition
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(1) AI1, AI0 = 00. See Table 6 for Auto-Increment options.
Remark: Care should be taken to load the appropriate value here in the AI1 and AI0 bits of the MODE1 register for
programming the part with the required Auto-Increment options.
Fig 15. Write to all registers using the Auto-Increment feature
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slave address
control register
1
this bit
always = 1
0
0
1
0
1
0
1
this bit
always = 1
1
1
this bit
always = 1
this bit
always = 1
(cont.)
Auto-Increment on
register rollover
PWM23 register data
PWM0 register data
PWM22 register data
(cont.)
0
PWM0
register selection
write
only
START condition
1
PWM1 register data
PWM22 register data
PWM23 register data
1
1
1
1
1
this bit
always = 1
this bit
always = 1
this bit
always = 1
this bit
always = 1
this bit
always = 1
P
STOP
condition
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S A6 A5 A4 A3 A2 A1 A0 0
PWM0 register data
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slave address(1)
new LED All Call I2C address(2)
control register
sequence (A) S A6 A5 A4 A3 A2 A1 A0 0
START condition
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
ALLCALLADR
register selection
write
only
this bit
always = 1
1
1
0
1
0
1
0
this bit
always = 1
1
X
1
P
this bit
always = 1
Auto-Increment on
STOP condition
multiple LEDs are on at the 9th bit(3)
LED All Call I2C address
sequence (B) S
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
START condition
control register
0
1
1
0
0
0
LEDOUT3 register (LED fully ON)
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
1
0
1
this bit
always = 1
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
1 (cont.)
this bit
always = 1
this bit
always = 1
multiple LEDs are on
at the 9th bit(3)
LEDOUT4 register (LED fully ON)
1
0
Auto-Increment on
multiple LEDs are on
at the 9th bit(3)
0
0
LEDOUT0
register selection
write
only
this bit
always = 1
(cont.)
0
LEDOUT0 register (LED fully ON)
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
multiple LEDs are on
at the 9th bit(3)
LEDOUT5 register (LED fully ON)
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
this bit
always = 1
0
1
1
this bit
always = 1
P
STOP condition
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(1) In this example, several PCU9956As are used and the same sequence (A) (above) is sent to each of them.
(2) ALLCALL bit in MODE1 register is previously set to 1 for this example.
(3) OCH bit in MODE2 register is previously set to 1 for this example.
Fig 17. LED All Call I2C-bus address programming and LED All Call sequence example
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10. Application design-in information
VDD = 3.3 V or 5.0 V
10 kΩ(1)
1.1 kΩ
(optional)
up to 20 V
UFm I2C-BUS/
SMBus
MASTER
USDA
USDA
USCL
USCL
VDD
OE
LED1
LED2
OE
RESET
LED0
RESET
LED3
LED4
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LED5
LED6
LED7
REXT
LED8
ISET
LED9
LED10
LED11
LED12
LED13
LED14
LED15
LED16
LED17
LED18
AD0(2)
LED19
AD1
AD2
LED20
LED21
LED22
VSS
LED23
VSS
C
10 μF
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(1) OE requires pull-up resistor if control signal from the master is open-drain.
(2) I2C-bus address = 1101001 when AD0, AD2 tied to VDD and AD1 tied to VSS (see Table 5).
Fig 18. Typical application
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10.1 Thermal considerations
Since the PCU9956A device integrates 24 linear current sources, thermal considerations
should be taken into account to prevent overheating, which can cause the device to go
into thermal shutdown.
Perhaps the major contributor for device’s overheating is the LED forward voltage
mismatch. This is because it can cause significant voltage differences between the LED
strings of the same type (e.g., 2 V to 3 V), which ultimately translates into higher power
dissipation in the device. The voltage drop across the LED channels of the device is given
by the difference between the supply voltage and the LED forward voltage of each LED
string. Reducing this to a minimum (e.g., 0.8 V) helps to keep the power dissipation down.
Therefore LEDs binning is recommended to minimize LED voltage forward variation and
reduce power dissipation in the device.
In order to ensure that the device will not go into thermal shutdown when operating under
certain application conditions, its junction temperature (Tj) should be calculated to ensure
that is below the overtemperature threshold limit (130 C). The Tj of the device depends
on the ambient temperature (Tamb), device’s total power dissipation (Ptot), and thermal
resistance.
The device junction temperature can be calculated by using the following equation:
T j = T amb + R th j-a P tot
(6)
where:
Tj = junction temperature
Tamb = ambient temperature
Rth(j-a) = junction to ambient thermal resistance
Ptot = (device) total power dissipation
An example of this calculation is show below:
Conditions:
Tamb = 50 C
Rth(j-a) = 33.9 C/W (per JEDEC 51 standard for multilayer PCB)
ILED = 30 mA / channel
IDD(max) = 20 mA
VDD = 5 V
LEDs per channel = 5 LEDs / channel
LED VF(typ) = 3 V per LED (15 V total for 5 LEDs in series)
LED VF mismatch = 0.2 V per LED (1 V total for 5 LEDs in series)
Vreg(drv) = 0.8 V (This will be present only in the LED string with the highest LED forward
voltage.)
Vsup = LED VF(typ) + LED VF mismatch + Vreg(drv) = 15 V + 1 V + 0.8 V = 16.8 V
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Ptot calculation:
Ptot = IC_power + LED drivers_power;
IC_power = (IDD VDD)
IC_power = (0.02 A 5 V) = 0.1 W
LED drivers_power = [(24 1) (ILED) (LED VF mismatch + Vreg(drv))] +
(ILED Vreg(drv))
LED drivers_power = [23 0.03 A (1 V + 0.8 V)] + (0.03 A 0.8 V)] = 1.266 W
Ptot = 0.1 W + 1.266 W = 1.366 W
Tj calculation:
Tj = Tamb + Rth(j-a) Ptot
Tj = 50 C + (33.9 C/W 1.366 W) = 96.31 C
This confirms that the junction temperature is below the minimum overtemperature
threshold of 130 C, which ensures the device will not go into thermal shutdown under
these conditions.
It is important to mention that the value of the thermal resistance junction-to-ambient
(Rth(j-a)) strongly depends in the PCB design. Therefore, the thermal pad of the device
should be attached to a big enough PCB copper area to ensure proper thermal dissipation
(similar to JEDEC 51 standard). Several thermal vias in the PCB thermal pad should be
used as well to increase the effectiveness of the heat dissipation (for example, 15 thermal
vias). The thermal vias should be distributed evenly in the PCB thermal pad.
Finally, it is important to point out that this calculation should be taken as a reference only
and therefore evaluations should still be performed under the application environment and
conditions to confirm proper system operation.
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11. Limiting values
Table 20. Limiting values
In accordance with the Absolute Maximum Rating System (IEC 60134).
Symbol
Parameter
VDD
Min
Max
Unit
supply voltage
0.5
+6.0
V
VI/O
voltage on an input/output pin
VSS 0.5
5.5
V
Vdrv(LED)
LED driver voltage
VSS 0.5
20
V
IO(LEDn)
output current on pin LEDn
-
65
mA
ISS
ground supply current
-
2.5
A
Ptot
total power dissipation
Tamb = 25 C
-
2.95
W
Tamb = 85 C
-
1.18
W
65
+150
C
40
+85
C
40
+125
C
Tstg
storage temperature
Tamb
ambient temperature
Tj
junction temperature
Conditions
operating
12. Thermal characteristics
Table 21.
Thermal characteristics
Symbol
Parameter
Conditions
Rth(j-a)
thermal resistance from junction to ambient
HTSSOP38
[1]
[1]
Typ
Unit
33.9
C/W
Per JEDEC 51 standard for multilayer PCB and wind speed (nm/s) = 0.
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13. Static characteristics
Table 22. Static characteristics
VDD = 3 V to 5.5 V; VSS = 0 V; Tamb = 40 C to +85 C; unless otherwise specified.
Symbol
Parameter
Min
Typ[1]
Max
Unit
3
-
5.5
V
Rext = 2 k; LED[23:0] = off;
IREFx = 00h
-
11
12
mA
Rext = 1 k; LED[23:0] = off;
IREFx = 00h
-
13
14
mA
Rext = 2 k; LED[23:0] = on;
IREFx = FFh
-
15
19
mA
Rext = 1 k; LED[23:0] = on;
IREFx = FFh
-
17
21
mA
VDD = 3.3 V
-
100
600
A
VDD = 5.5 V
-
100
700
A
-
2
-
V
-
1
-
V
-
+0.3VDD V
Conditions
Supply
VDD
supply voltage
IDD
supply current
Istb
VPOR
VPDR
standby current
power-on reset voltage
power-down reset voltage
on pin VDD; operating mode;
fSCL = 1 MHz
on pin VDD; no load; fSCL = 0 Hz;
MODE1[4] = 1; VI = VDD
no load; VI = VDD or VSS
no load; VI = VDD or VSS
[2]
Inputs USCL, USDA
VIL
LOW-level input voltage
0.5
VIH
HIGH-level input voltage
0.7VDD -
IL
leakage current
VI = VDD or VSS
1
-
+1
A
Ci
input capacitance
VI = VSS
-
6
10
pF
VO = 0.8 V; IREFx = 80h; Rext = 1 k
25
-
30
mA
VO = 0.8 V; IREFx = FFh; Rext = 1 k
50
-
60
mA
5.5
V
Current controlled outputs (LED[23:0])
IO(LEDn)
output current on pin LEDn
IO
output current variation
VDD = 3.0 V; Tamb = 25 C; VO = 0.8 V;
IREFx = 80h; Rext = 1 k;
guaranteed by design
between bits (different ICs, same
channel)
[3]
-
-
6
%
between bits (2 channels, same IC)
[4]
-
-
4
%
Vreg(drv)
driver regulation voltage
minimum regulation voltage;
IREFx = FFh; Rext = 1 k
0.8
1
20
V
IL(off)
off-state leakage current
VO = 20 V
-
-
1
A
-
+0.3VDD V
OE input, RESET input
VIL
LOW-level input voltage
0.5
VIH
HIGH-level input voltage
0.7VDD -
5.5
V
ILI
input leakage current
1
-
+1
A
Ci
input capacitance
-
3.7
5
pF
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Table 22. Static characteristics …continued
VDD = 3 V to 5.5 V; VSS = 0 V; Tamb = 40 C to +85 C; unless otherwise specified.
Symbol
Parameter
Conditions
Min
Typ[1]
Max
Unit
voltage on an input pin
0.5
-
+5.5
V
Address inputs AD2, AD1, AD0
VI
input voltage
ILI
input leakage current
1
-
+1
A
Ci
input capacitance
-
3.7
5
pF
rising
130
-
150
C
hysteresis
15
-
30
C
Overtemperature protection
Tth(otp)
overtemperature protection
threshold temperature
[1]
Typical limits at VDD = 3.3 V, Tamb = 25 C.
[2]
VDD must be lowered to 0.8 V in order to reset part.
[3]
Part-to-part mismatch is calculated:
I O LED0 + I O LED1 + + I O LED22 + I O LED23
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- – ideal output current
24
% = ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 100
ideal
output
current
where ‘ideal output current’ = 28.68 mA (Rext = 1 k, IREFx = 80h).
[4]
Channel-to-channel mismatch is calculated:
I O LEDn where n = 0 to 23
% = --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- – 1 100
I O LED0 + I O LED1 + + I O LED22 + I O LED23
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14. Dynamic characteristics
Table 23. Dynamic characteristics
All the timing limits are valid within the operating supply voltage and ambient temperature range; VDD = 3 V 0.2 V and
5.5 V 0.3 V; Tamb = 40 C to +85 C; and refer to VIL and VIH with an input voltage of VSS to VDD.
Symbol
Parameter
Conditions
[1]
Min
Typ
Max
Unit
fUSCL
USCL clock frequency
0
-
5000
kHz
tBUF
bus free time between a STOP and START
condition
0.08
-
-
s
tHD;STA
hold time (repeated) START condition
0.05
-
-
s
tSU;STA
set-up time for a repeated START condition
0.05
-
-
s
tSU;STO
set-up time for STOP condition
0.05
-
-
s
tHD;DAT
data hold time
10
-
-
ns
-
-
-
ns
[2]
tVD;DAT
data valid time
tSU;DAT
data set-up time
30
-
-
ns
tLOW
LOW period of the USCL clock
50
-
-
ns
tHIGH
HIGH period of the USCL clock
50
-
-
ns
tf
fall time of both USDA and USCL signals
-
-
50
ns
tr
rise time of both USDA and USCL signals
-
-
50
ns
tSP
pulse width of spikes that must be suppressed
by the input filter
-
-
10
ns
[1]
Minimum USCL clock frequency is limited by the bus time-out feature, which resets the serial bus interface if either USDA or USCL is
held LOW for a minimum of 25 ms. Disable bus time-out feature for DC operation.
[2]
tVD;DAT is not applicable to the UFm I2C-bus slave device.
0.7 × VDD
USDA
0.3 × VDD
tr
tBUF
tf
tHD;STA
tSP
tLOW
0.7 × VDD
USCL
0.3 × VDD
tHD;STA
P
S
tSU;STA
tHD;DAT
tHIGH
tSU;DAT
Sr
tSU;STO
P
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START
condition
(S)
tSU;STA
bit 7
MSB
tLOW
bit 1
(D1)
bit 6
tHIGH
(always set
to 1
by master)
bit 0
(D0)
STOP
condition
(P)
9th
clock
1 / fUSCL
0.7 × VDD
0.3 × VDD
USCL
tBUF
tf
tr
0.7 × VDD
0.3 × VDD
USDA
tSU;DAT
tHD;STA
tSU;STO
tHD;DAT
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Rise and fall times refer to VIL and VIH.
Fig 20. UFm I2C-bus timing diagram
15. Test information
VDD
PULSE
GENERATOR
VI
VO
RL
50 Ω
VDD or VLED
open
VSS
DUT
RT
CL
50 pF
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RL = Load resistor for LEDn.
CL = Load capacitance includes jig and probe capacitance.
RT = Termination resistance should be equal to the output impedance Zo of the pulse generators.
Fig 21. Test circuitry for switching times
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17. Handling information
All input and output pins are protected against ElectroStatic Discharge (ESD) under
normal handling. When handling ensure that the appropriate precautions are taken as
described in JESD625-A or equivalent standards.
18. Soldering of SMD packages
This text provides a very brief insight into a complex technology. A more in-depth account
of soldering ICs can be found in Application Note AN10365 “Surface mount reflow
soldering description”.
18.1 Introduction to soldering
Soldering is one of the most common methods through which packages are attached to
Printed Circuit Boards (PCBs), to form electrical circuits. The soldered joint provides both
the mechanical and the electrical connection. There is no single soldering method that is
ideal for all IC packages. Wave soldering is often preferred when through-hole and
Surface Mount Devices (SMDs) are mixed on one printed wiring board; however, it is not
suitable for fine pitch SMDs. Reflow soldering is ideal for the small pitches and high
densities that come with increased miniaturization.
18.2 Wave and reflow soldering
Wave soldering is a joining technology in which the joints are made by solder coming from
a standing wave of liquid solder. The wave soldering process is suitable for the following:
• Through-hole components
• Leaded or leadless SMDs, which are glued to the surface of the printed circuit board
Not all SMDs can be wave soldered. Packages with solder balls, and some leadless
packages which have solder lands underneath the body, cannot be wave soldered. Also,
leaded SMDs with leads having a pitch smaller than ~0.6 mm cannot be wave soldered,
due to an increased probability of bridging.
The reflow soldering process involves applying solder paste to a board, followed by
component placement and exposure to a temperature profile. Leaded packages,
packages with solder balls, and leadless packages are all reflow solderable.
Key characteristics in both wave and reflow soldering are:
•
•
•
•
•
•
Board specifications, including the board finish, solder masks and vias
Package footprints, including solder thieves and orientation
The moisture sensitivity level of the packages
Package placement
Inspection and repair
Lead-free soldering versus SnPb soldering
18.3 Wave soldering
Key characteristics in wave soldering are:
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• Process issues, such as application of adhesive and flux, clinching of leads, board
transport, the solder wave parameters, and the time during which components are
exposed to the wave
• Solder bath specifications, including temperature and impurities
18.4 Reflow soldering
Key characteristics in reflow soldering are:
• Lead-free versus SnPb soldering; note that a lead-free reflow process usually leads to
higher minimum peak temperatures (see Figure 23) than a SnPb process, thus
reducing the process window
• Solder paste printing issues including smearing, release, and adjusting the process
window for a mix of large and small components on one board
• Reflow temperature profile; this profile includes preheat, reflow (in which the board is
heated to the peak temperature) and cooling down. It is imperative that the peak
temperature is high enough for the solder to make reliable solder joints (a solder paste
characteristic). In addition, the peak temperature must be low enough that the
packages and/or boards are not damaged. The peak temperature of the package
depends on package thickness and volume and is classified in accordance with
Table 24 and 25
Table 24.
SnPb eutectic process (from J-STD-020D)
Package thickness (mm)
Package reflow temperature (C)
Volume (mm3)
< 350
350
< 2.5
235
220
2.5
220
220
Table 25.
Lead-free process (from J-STD-020D)
Package thickness (mm)
Package reflow temperature (C)
Volume (mm3)
< 350
350 to 2000
> 2000
< 1.6
260
260
260
1.6 to 2.5
260
250
245
> 2.5
250
245
245
Moisture sensitivity precautions, as indicated on the packing, must be respected at all
times.
Studies have shown that small packages reach higher temperatures during reflow
soldering, see Figure 23.
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temperature
maximum peak temperature
= MSL limit, damage level
minimum peak temperature
= minimum soldering temperature
peak
temperature
time
001aac844
MSL: Moisture Sensitivity Level
Fig 23. Temperature profiles for large and small components
For further information on temperature profiles, refer to Application Note AN10365
“Surface mount reflow soldering description”.
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20. Abbreviations
Table 26.
Abbreviations
Acronym
Description
ACK
Acknowledge
DUT
Device Under Test
ESD
ElectroStatic Discharge
FET
Field-Effect Transistor
HBM
Human Body Model
I2C-bus
Inter-Integrated Circuit bus
LED
Light Emitting Diode
LSB
Least Significant Bit
MSB
Most Significant Bit
NMOS
Negative-channel Metal-Oxide Semiconductor
PCB
Printed-Circuit Board
PMOS
Positive-channel Metal-Oxide Semiconductor
PWM
Pulse Width Modulation
RGB
Red/Green/Blue
RGBA
Red/Green/Blue/Amber
SMBus
System Management Bus
21. Revision history
Table 27.
Revision history
Document ID
Release date
Data sheet status
Change notice
Supersedes
PCU9956A v.2.1
20150629
Product data sheet
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PCU9956A v.2
Modifications:
PCU9956A v.2
Modifications:
PCU9956A v.1
PCU9956A
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•
•
Section 7.3.3 “LEDOUT0 to LEDOUT5, LED driver output state”: added remark.
Table 8 “MODE1 - Mode register 1 (address 00h) bit description”: Added Table note [3].
20141014
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Product data sheet
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PCU9956A v.1
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20140124
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22. Legal information
22.1 Data sheet status
Document status[1][2]
Product status[3]
Definition
Objective [short] data sheet
Development
This document contains data from the objective specification for product development.
Preliminary [short] data sheet
Qualification
This document contains data from the preliminary specification.
Product [short] data sheet
Production
This document contains the product specification.
[1]
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[2]
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[3]
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limitation specifications and product descriptions, at any time and without
notice. This document supersedes and replaces all information supplied prior
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to result in personal injury, death or severe property or environmental
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inclusion and/or use of NXP Semiconductors products in such equipment or
applications and therefore such inclusion and/or use is at the customer’s own
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Applications — Applications that are described herein for any of these
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representation or warranty that such applications will be suitable for the
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and products using NXP Semiconductors products, and NXP Semiconductors
accepts no liability for any assistance with applications or customer product
design. It is customer’s sole responsibility to determine whether the NXP
Semiconductors product is suitable and fit for the customer’s applications and
products planned, as well as for the planned application and use of
customer’s third party customer(s). Customers should provide appropriate
design and operating safeguards to minimize the risks associated with their
applications and products.
NXP Semiconductors does not accept any liability related to any default,
damage, costs or problem which is based on any weakness or default in the
customer’s applications or products, or the application or use by customer’s
third party customer(s). Customer is responsible for doing all necessary
testing for the customer’s applications and products using NXP
Semiconductors products in order to avoid a default of the applications and
the products or of the application or use by customer’s third party
customer(s). NXP does not accept any liability in this respect.
Limiting values — Stress above one or more limiting values (as defined in
the Absolute Maximum Ratings System of IEC 60134) will cause permanent
damage to the device. Limiting values are stress ratings only and (proper)
operation of the device at these or any other conditions above those given in
the Recommended operating conditions section (if present) or the
Characteristics sections of this document is not warranted. Constant or
repeated exposure to limiting values will permanently and irreversibly affect
the quality and reliability of the device.
Terms and conditions of commercial sale — NXP Semiconductors
products are sold subject to the general terms and conditions of commercial
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applying the customer’s general terms and conditions with regard to the
purchase of NXP Semiconductors products by customer.
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states that this specific NXP Semiconductors product is automotive qualified,
the product is not suitable for automotive use. It is neither qualified nor tested
in accordance with automotive testing or application requirements. NXP
Semiconductors accepts no liability for inclusion and/or use of
non-automotive qualified products in automotive equipment or applications.
In the event that customer uses the product for design-in and use in
automotive applications to automotive specifications and standards, customer
(a) shall use the product without NXP Semiconductors’ warranty of the
product for such automotive applications, use and specifications, and (b)
whenever customer uses the product for automotive applications beyond
NXP Semiconductors’ specifications such use shall be solely at customer’s
own risk, and (c) customer fully indemnifies NXP Semiconductors for any
liability, damages or failed product claims resulting from customer design and
use of the product for automotive applications beyond NXP Semiconductors’
standard warranty and NXP Semiconductors’ product specifications.
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between the translated and English versions.
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Notice: All referenced brands, product names, service names and trademarks
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I2C-bus — logo is a trademark of NXP Semiconductors N.V.
23. Contact information
For more information, please visit: http://www.nxp.com
For sales office addresses, please send an email to: [email protected]
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24. Contents
1
2
3
4
4.1
5
6
6.1
6.2
7
7.1
7.1.1
7.1.2
7.1.3
7.2
7.3
7.3.1
7.3.2
7.3.3
General description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Features and benefits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Ordering information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Ordering options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Block diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Pinning information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Pinning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Pin description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Functional description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Device addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Regular I2C-bus slave address. . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
LED All Call I2C-bus address . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
LED Sub Call I2C-bus addresses . . . . . . . . . . 12
Control register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Register definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
MODE1 — Mode register 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
MODE2 — Mode register 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
LEDOUT0 to LEDOUT5, LED driver output
state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
7.3.4
GRPPWM, group duty cycle control . . . . . . . . 18
7.3.5
GRPFREQ, group frequency . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
7.3.6
PWM0 to PWM23, individual brightness
control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
7.3.7
IREF0 to IREF23, LED output current value
registers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
7.3.8
OFFSET — LEDn output delay offset register 21
7.3.9
LED Sub Call I2C-bus addresses for
PCU9956A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
7.3.10
ALLCALLADR, LED All Call I2C-bus address. 22
7.3.11
PWMALL — brightness control for all LEDn
outputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
7.3.12
IREFALL register: output current value for all
LED outputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
7.3.13
LED driver constant current outputs . . . . . . . . 23
7.3.13.1 Adjusting output current . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
7.3.14
Overtemperature protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
7.4
Active LOW output enable input . . . . . . . . . . . 25
7.5
Power-on reset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
7.6
Hardware reset recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
7.7
Software reset. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
7.8
Individual brightness control with group
dimming/blinking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
8
Characteristics of the PCU9956A Ultra
Fast-mode I2C-bus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
8.1
Bit transfer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
8.1.1
8.2
8.3
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10.1
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18.1
18.2
18.3
18.4
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20
21
22
22.1
22.2
22.3
22.4
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START and STOP conditions. . . . . . . . . . . . .
System configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Data transfer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Bus transactions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Application design-in information. . . . . . . . .
Thermal considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Limiting values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Thermal characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Static characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Dynamic characteristics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Test information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Package outline. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Handling information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Soldering of SMD packages . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Introduction to soldering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Wave and reflow soldering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Wave soldering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Reflow soldering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Soldering: PCB footprints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Abbreviations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Revision history . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Legal information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Data sheet status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Disclaimers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Trademarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Contact information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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