DEMO MANUAL DC2339A LT3744 High Current Synchronous Step-Down LED Driver Description Demonstration circuit 2339A is a high current synchronous step-down LED driver featuring the LT®3744. The unique drive stage used on the LT3744 allows the anodes of three LEDs to be connected together for better heat sinking. This connection will work in both the step-down configuration and the inverting buck-boost configuration. The pros and cons of each configuration can be found in the data sheet. This demonstration circuit 2339A is for customers to test the step-down configuration only. The inverting buck-boost configuration is shown in a separate demonstration circuit. The input of the demo board is up to 36V. The components are optimized for the efficiency, thermal and PWM dimming for a 12V input. Each of the three outputs is up to 5V, 20A with a 6.05V maximum output voltage limit. The PWM1, PWM2 and PWM3 pins are set to low by default. A DC or PWM signal is required to connect to at least one of the PWM pins to enable the circuit. At any giving time, output current only passes through one LED determined by settings of PWM pins. The CTRL1, CTRL2 and CTRL3 pins can be adjusted to provide accurate analog dimming down to 20:1 ratio. The minimal input voltage for the LT3744 to operate is 3.3V. However, to maintain the output current regulation in a step down regulator, the minimum input voltage is determined by the LED voltage and the maximum duty cycle. For a 5V output, the demo board minimum input voltage will be around 5.5V at room temperature. The load to be used with this demo board is high current LEDs or laser diodes. Smaller LEDs may not be able to handle the high current, even for a short period of time. It is necessary to mount the LED load on a proper heat sink. A fan may become necessary to avoid exceeding LED’s maximum temperate rating. The typical efficiency of the demo board is 93.5% from a 12V input to 5V, 20A load. The lower the input voltage, the higher the efficiency tends to be for a given load. At output power level of 100W, even one percent of efficiency improvement is a big advantage in minimizing temperature rise. If an efficiency measurement is needed in an application, the output voltage must be measured at the output capacitors instead of the LED load. This prevents cable loss from being counted as a loss of the board. The demo circuit DC2399A achieves fast current rise time from 0A to 20A in 5µs. To see the real rise time, connecting wires between the LED and the board should be as short as possible to minimize the wire inductance and resistance. It is recommended to measure the voltage across R32 with a short 50Ω coax cable directly into a BNC connector on the oscilloscope. The current can be calculated from the measured voltage. Figure 1 shows the current rise time. A current probe adds more delays to the rise time so using a current probe is not recommended unless rise time is not a concern. The LT3744 data sheet gives a complete description of the part, operation and application information. The data sheet must be read in conjunction with this quick start guide for demo circuit 2339A. Design files for this circuit board are available at http://www.linear.com/demo/DC2339A L, LT, LTC, LTM, Linear Technology and the Linear logo are registered trademarks of Linear Technology Corporation. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. dc2339af 1 DEMO MANUAL DC2339A Description PWM 2V/DIV PWM (YELLOW) 2V/DIV LED CURRENT (GREEN) 6.67A/DIV 2.00µs/DIV Figure 1. DC2339A Current Rise Time. VIN = 12V, LED Voltage = 4.2V when ON. Total LED Current = 20A Performance Summary Specifications are at TA = 25°C SYMBOL PARAMETER CONDITIONS MIN PVIN Input Supply Voltage VLED+ = 5V 5.5 VLED+ Maximum Output Voltage IOUT Output Current fSW Switching Frequency EFF Efficiency at DC TYP MAX 36 6.05 CTRL1, CTRL2, CTRL3 = 1.5V 19 380 VIN = 12V, IOUT = 20A, VOUT = 5V UNITS V V 20 21 A 425 470 kHz 93.5 % Quick Start Procedure Demonstration circuit 2339A is easy to set up to evaluate the performance of the LT3744. Refer to Figure 2 for proper measurement equipment setup and follow the procedure below: 1. With power off, connect the input power supply to PVIN and GND. Note: make sure PVIN is below 36V. Connect a DC supply or a PWM signal to PWM1, PWM2 and/or PWM3. 2 2. With power off, connect the LED load to VLED+ and proper LED1–, LED2–, LED3– according to the setting of the PWM pins. 3. Turn on the power at the input. Turn on PWM1, PWM2 and/or PWM3. 4. Carefully evaluate other design parameters as needed. dc2339af DEMO MANUAL DC2339A Quick Start Procedure ++ – + DC or PWM DC or PWM INPUT SUPPLY – – DC or PWM Figure 2. Proper Measurement Equipment Setup dc2339af 3 DEMO MANUAL DC2339A Parts List ITEM QTY REFERENCE PART DESCRIPTION MANUFACTURER/PART NUMBER CAP., X7R, 10µF, 50V, 10%, 1210 MURATA, GRM32ER71H106KA12L Required Circuit Components 1 6 C1, C2, C24, C25, C30, C31 2 2 C4, C5 CAP., ALUM., ELECT., 56µF, 50V SUN ELECT., 50HVT56M 3 1 C6 CAP., X7R, 0.22µF, 25V, 10% 0603 MURATA, GRM188R71E224KA88D 4 1 C7 CAP., X7R, 1µF, 50V, 10% 0805 AVX, 08055C105KAT2A 5 1 C8 CAP., X7R, 22µF, 6.3V, 10% 0805 AVX, 08056D226KAT2A 6 1 C9 CAP., X5R, 47µF, 10V, 10% 1206 MURATA, GRM31CR61A476KE15L 7 3 C11, C12, C16 CAP., POSCAP, 470µF, 6.3V, D4D PANASONIC, 6TPF470MAH 8 1 C14 CAP., X5R, 2.2µF, 25V, 10% 0603 MURATA, GRM188R61E225KA12D 9 4 C18, C21, C22, C23 CAP., X7R, 10nF, 25V, 10% 0603 AVX, 06033C103KAT2A 10 5 C26-C29, C19 CAP., X7R, 1nF, 25V, 10% 0603 AVX, 06033C102KAT2A 11 1 D1 SCHOTTKY RECTIFIER, 40V, SOD523 NXP, PMEG4002EB 12 2 D3, D4 DIODE, BAT54A SOT23 DIODES INC., BAT54A-7-F 13 1 L1 INDUCTOR, 0.82µH Würth Elektronik, 744355182 14 2 Q1, Q2 N-CH., 40-V, PG-TDSON-8 INFINEON, BSC035N04LS G 15 2 Q3, Q5 N-CH., 40-V, PG-TDSON-8 INFINEON, BSC026N04LS 16 3 Q4, Q6, Q7 N-CH., 12-V, PowerPAK SO-8 VISHAY, Si7234DP-T1-GE3 17 3 Q8-Q10 N-CH., 40-V, PG-TDSON-8 FL INFINEON, BSC010N04LS 18 6 R1, R4, R12, R13, R33, R36 RES., CHIP., 0Ω, 1/10W, 0603 VISHAY, CRC06030000Z0EA 19 10 R3, R6-R8, R10, R20-R23, R25 RES., CHIP., 100K, 1/10W, 1% 0603 VISHAY, CRCW0603100KFKEA 20 2 R5, R32 RES., CHIP., 0.003Ω, 3W, 1%, KRL6432 SUSUMU, KRL6432E-M-R003-F 21 1 R14 RES., CHIP., 4.02K, 1/10W, 1% 0603 VISHAY, CRCW06034K02FKEA 22 1 R16 RES., CHIP., 82.5K, 1/10W, 1% 0603 VISHAY, CRCW060382K5FKEA 23 3 R17, R18, R19 RES., CHIP., 309K, 1/10W, 1% 0603 VISHAY, CRCW0603309KFKEA 24 1 R27 RES., CHIP., 1k, 1/10W, 1% 0603 VISHAY, CRCW06031K00FKEA 25 3 R29, R30, R31 RES., CHIP., 25.5k, 1/10W, 1% 0603 VISHAY, CRCW060325K5FKEA 26 1 U1 I.C. LT3744EUHE 36PIN, UHE LINEAR TECH., LT3744EUHE#PBF Additional Demo Board Circuit Components 1 0 C10, C13, C15(OPT) CAP., D4D 2 0 C17 (OPT) CAP., 0603 3 0 D2(OPT) DIODE, DI123 4 0 R2, R9(OPT) RES., CHIP., 0603 Hardware: For Demo Board Only 1 16 E1-E16 TESTPOINT, TURRET, 0.094" MILL-MAX, 2501-2-00-80-00-00-07-0 2 8 J1-J8 JACK BANANA KEYSTONE, 575-4 3 4 STAND-OFF STAND-OFF, NYLON, 0.25" (SNAP ON) KEYSTONE, 8831 4 dc2339af Information furnished by Linear Technology Corporation is believed to be accurate and reliable. However, no responsibility is assumed for its use. Linear Technology Corporation makes no representation that the interconnection of its circuits as described herein will not infringe on existing patent rights. A B C C27 1nF SYNC PWM3 PWM2 PWM1 CTRL3 CTRL2 CTRL1 EN/UVLO SGND SGND SGND SGND PVIN C29 1nF R21 100K R3 R22 100K C14 2.2uF SGND R8 R16 C26 R9 E8 100K 1nF 7 5 4 2 6 3 1 36 E9 82.5K OPT 100K 0805 C7 1uF 50V R33 0 R17 309K E7 E14 5 100K R25 13 14 VIN RT SS FAULT SYNC PWM3 PWM2 PWM1 CTRL3 CTRL2 CTRL1 CTRLT VREF EN/UVLO VIN U1 LT3744EUHE C24 C30 10uF 50V 1210 1. ALL RESISTORS ARE 0603. ALL CAPACITORS ARE 0603. NOTE: UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED R19 309K R23 100K C18 10nF 11 10 9 R20 100K R2 OPT C2 C1 10uF 50V 1210 8 R18 309K R7 100K C4 56uF,50V 50HVT56M E13 C28 1nF R10 100K + E12 E11 R6 100K E16 E15 E2 E1 E10 E6 E4 J2 J1 4 C25 C31 10uF 50V 1210 C5 56uF,50V 50HVT56M 10nF 10nF 10nF C23 0 LED_ISN LED_ISP FB PWM_OUT3 PWM_OUT2 PWM_OUT1 ISN ISP VF NEG BG SW INTVCC C8 22uF 6.3V 0805 C6 0.22uF 4 15 16 17 PWM3 23 0 R13 PWM2 0 R12 PWM1 4 25 C17 OPT R36 0 27 21 22 24 32 Q3 Q5 BSC026N04LS 30 34 D1 PMEG4002EB R4 0 R1 3 D3-1 BAT54A D2 OPT 744355182 L1 0.82uH KRL6432 R5 0.003 Q1 Q2 BSC035N04LS G D3-2 4 2 BAT54A 3 2 + Si7234DP Q6 8 7 5 6 C10 OPT C11 470uF 4 2 D4-2 BAT54A 3 2 Figure 3. F. DC2339A Demo Circuit Schematic C22 R30 R31 25.5K 25.5K C21 R29 25.5K + 29 * 12 SGND 31 BOOST 2 1 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 PVIN 1 3 3.3V - 36V 1 3 D 3 1 + Q4 Si7234DP 8 7 5 6 C15 OPT C12 470uF 2 R32 0.003 KRL6432 4 2 D4-1 BAT54A 3 1 2 1 3 3 + Si7234DP Q7 8 7 5 6 C13 OPT C16 470uF 4 R27 1k R14 4.02K C19 1nF J4 J6 LED1- LED+ Q8 BSC010N04LS PWM1 C9 47uF 10V 1206 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 SEE DEMO MANUAL 4 4 Q9 BSC010N04LS PWM2 J7 LED2- LED+ J5 1 5 6 7 8 4 LED+ 1 J3 J8 LED3- Q10 BSC010N04LS PWM3 1 2 3 * VEE 28 VEE 26 VEE 33 VEE 35 VEE 37 VC1 20 TG VC2 19 VC3 18 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 5 E5 E3 SGND LED+ A B C D DEMO MANUAL DC2339A Schematic Diagram dc2339af 5 DEMO MANUAL DC2339A DEMONSTRATION BOARD IMPORTANT NOTICE Linear Technology Corporation (LTC) provides the enclosed product(s) under the following AS IS conditions: This demonstration board (DEMO BOARD) kit being sold or provided by Linear Technology is intended for use for ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT OR EVALUATION PURPOSES ONLY and is not provided by LTC for commercial use. 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