TM MP1518 Fixed Frequency White LED Driver The Future of Analog IC Technology TM DESCRIPTION FEATURES The MP1518 is a step-up converter designed for driving up to 6 series white LEDs from a single cell Lithium Ion battery. The MP1518 uses current mode, fixed frequency architecture to regulate the LED current, which is measured through an external current sense resistor. Its low 104mV feedback voltage reduces power loss and improves efficiency. The OV pin monitors the output voltage and turns off the converter if an over-voltage condition is present due to an open circuit condition. • • • • • • • • • • The MP1518 includes under-voltage lockout, current limiting and thermal overload protection preventing damage in the event of an output overload. APPLICATIONS The MP1518 is available in small 6-pin TSOT23 or 8-pin QFN (2mm x 2mm) packages. Also available is the MP1518DJE, ideal for applications where low EMI is critical. • • • • On Board Power MOSFET Drives up to 6 Series White LEDs Up to 87% Efficiency Over 1MHz Fixed Switching Frequency Open Load Shutdown Low 104mV Feedback Voltage Soft-Start/PWM Dimming UVLO, Thermal Shutdown Internal Current Limit Available in TSOT23-6 and QFN8 Packages Cell Phones Handheld Computers and PDAs Digital Still Cameras Small LCD Displays “MPS” and “The Future of Analog IC Technology” are Trademarks of Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. EVALUATION BOARD REFERENCES Board Number Dimensions EV0056 EV1518DG-00A 1.9”X x 1.8”Y x 0.4”Z 2.0”X x 1.8”Y x 0.4”Z TYPICAL APPLICATION Efficiency vs LED Current VIN 5V 88 LED1 4 LEDS LED2 LED4 IN EN EN SW MP1518 GND OV FB LED5 LED6 EFFICIENCY (%) LED3 86 6 LEDS 84 3 LEDS 82 80 78 76 MP1518 Rev. 1.6 7/25/2006 VIN = 3.6V 5 10 15 LED CURRENT (mA) www.MonolithicPower.com MPS Proprietary Information. Unauthorized Photocopy and Duplication Prohibited. © 2006 MPS. All Rights Reserved. 20 1 TM MP1518 – FIXED FREQUENCY WHITE LED DRIVER PACKAGE REFERENCE PACKAGE REFERENCE TOP VIEW TOP VIEW SW 1 6 IN GND 2 5 OV FB Part Number* 3 4 Package MP1518DJ TSOT23-6 MP1518DJE * EN Marking Temperature A8YW F6YW –40°C to +85°C For Tape & Reel, add suffix –Z (eg. MP1518DJ–Z) For RoHS compliant packaging, add suffix –LF (eg. MP1518DJ–LF–Z) GND 1 8 SW IN 2 7 NC OV 3 6 FB EN 4 5 GND Part Number** Package MP1518DG QFN8 (2mm x 2mm) Marking Temperature A8Y LLL –40°C to +85°C ** For Tape & Reel, add suffix –Z (eg. MP1518DG–Z) For RoHS compliant packaging , add suffix –LF (eg. MP1518DG–LF–Z) ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM RATINGS (1) SW, OV Pins................................–0.5V to +28V All Other Pins ..............................–0.3V to +6.5V Storage Temperature.............. –55°C to +150°C Recommended Operating Conditions (2) IN Supply Voltage ..............................2.5V to 6V Output Voltage ....................................VIN to 25V Operating Temperature............. –40°C to +85°C Thermal Resistance (3) θJA θJC TSOT23-6.............................. 220 .... 110.. °C/W QFN8 (2mm x 2mm) ............... 80 ...... 16... °C/W Notes: 1) Exceeding these ratings may damage the device. 2) The device is not guaranteed to function outside of its operating conditions. 3) Measured on approximately 1” square of 1 oz copper. ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS VIN = VEN = 5V, TA = +25°C, unless otherwise noted. Parameters Symbol Operating Input Voltage Supply Current (Shutdown) Supply Current (Quiescent) Switching Frequency Maximum Duty Cycle Under Voltage Lockout IN Under Voltage Lockout Under Voltage Lockout Hysteresis Open Lamp Shutdown Threshold MP1518 Rev. 1.6 7/25/2006 Condition VIN Min 2.5 VEN = 0V VFB = 0.15V fSW VFB = 0V UVLO VOV Typ 1.0 85 VIN Rising VOV Rising www.MonolithicPower.com MPS Proprietary Information. Unauthorized Photocopy and Duplication Prohibited. © 2006 MPS. All Rights Reserved. 0.1 690 1.3 92 2.25 Max Units 6 1 750 1.5 V µA µA MHz % 2.45 V 92 mV 28 V 2 TM MP1518 – FIXED FREQUENCY WHITE LED DRIVER ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS (continued) VIN = VEN = 5V, TA = +25°C, unless otherwise noted. Parameters Symbol Enable EN Threshold EN Threshold EN Hysteresis EN Input Bias Current Feedback FB Voltage FB Input Bias Current Output Switch SW On-Resistance (4) SW Current Limit (4) Condition Min Typ Max Units VEN Rising VEN Rising, VIN = 2.5V 1.0 0.8 1.35 1.6 V V mV µA 90 VEN = 0V, 5V VFB = 0.1V 1 94 -600 RON Duty Cycle = 60% Thermal Shutdown (4) 104 -300 114 mV nA 0.5 350 Ω mA 160 °C Notes: 4) Guaranteed by design. PIN FUNCTIONS TSOT23-6 Pin # QFN8 Pin # 1 8 SW 2 1, 5 GND 3 6 FB 4 4 EN 5 3 OV 6 2 IN MP1518 Rev. 1.6 7/25/2006 Name Pin Function Power Switch Output. SW is the drain of the internal MOSFET switch. Connect the power inductor and output rectifier to SW. SW can swing between GND and 25V. Ground. Feedback Input. The MP1518 regulates the voltage across the current sense resistor between FB and GND. Connect a current sense resistor from the bottom of the LED string to GND. Connect the bottom of the LED string to FB. The regulation voltage is 104mV. Regulator On/Off Control Input. A high input at EN turns on the converter, and a low input turns it off. When not used, connect EN to the input source for automatic startup. The EN pin cannot be left floating. Over Voltage Input. OV measures the output voltage for open circuit protection. Connect OV to the output at the top of the LED string. Input Supply Pin. Must be locally bypassed. www.MonolithicPower.com MPS Proprietary Information. Unauthorized Photocopy and Duplication Prohibited. © 2006 MPS. All Rights Reserved. 3 TM MP1518 – FIXED FREQUENCY WHITE LED DRIVER OPERATION The MP1518 uses a constant frequency, peak current mode boost regulator architecture to regulate the series string of white LEDs. The operation of the MP1518 can be understood by referring to the block diagram of Figure 1. The voltage at the output of the error amplifier is an amplified version of the difference between the 104mV reference voltage and the feedback voltage. In this way the peak current level keeps the output in regulation. At the start of each oscillator cycle the FET is turned on through the control circuitry. To prevent sub-harmonic oscillations at duty cycles greater than 50 percent, a stabilizing ramp is added to the output of the current sense amplifier and the result is fed into the positive input of the PWM comparator. When this voltage equals the output voltage of the error amplifier the power FET is turned off. If the feedback voltage starts to drop, the output of the error amplifier increases. This results in more current flowing through the power FET, thus increasing the power delivered to the output. FB + + AMPLIFIER CONTROL LOGIC M1 SW PWM COMPARATOR 104mV + + - GND CURRENT SENSE AMPLIFIER 1.3MHz OSC Figure 1—Functional Block Diagram MP1518 Rev. 1.6 7/25/2006 www.MonolithicPower.com MPS Proprietary Information. Unauthorized Photocopy and Duplication Prohibited. © 2006 MPS. All Rights Reserved. 4 TM MP1518 – FIXED FREQUENCY WHITE LED DRIVER APPLICATION INFORMATION VIN 2.5V to 6V CMDSH-3 LED1 LED2 IN OFF ON EN SW MP1518 GND OV LED3 FB Figure 2—Circuit for Driving 3 WLEDs A typical application circuit can be seen in Figure 2. The 3 white LEDs can be driven from a voltage supply range of 2.5V to 6V at an output current of 20mA. A 0.22µF output capacitor is sufficient for most applications but an output capacitor up to 1µF may be used. A 22µH inductor with low DCR (Inductor resistance) is recommended to improve efficiency. A 1µF ceramic capacitor is recommended for the input capacitance in the real system. Schottky diodes have fast recovery and a low forward voltage and are recommended. Schottky diodes rated with 100mA to 200mA are sufficient for the MP1518. The switching characteristics during normal operation can be seen in Figure 3. The MP1518 has internal soft-start to limit the amount of current through VIN at startup and to also limit the amount of overshoot on the output. The current limit is increased by a fourth every 40µs giving a total soft-start time of 120µs. MP1518 Rev. 1.6 7/25/2006 Steady State Operation VIN = 3.6V, 3 LEDS, 20mA VSW 5V/div. VOUT AC 50mV/div. IL 100mA/div. 200ns/div. Figure 3—Steady State Operation Figure 4 shows the startup behavior of the MP1518. The ramped voltage that is added to the current sense amplifier reduces the current output as the duty cycle increases. As more LEDs are added, the output voltage rises but the current that can be delivered to the load is reduced as well. www.MonolithicPower.com MPS Proprietary Information. Unauthorized Photocopy and Duplication Prohibited. © 2006 MPS. All Rights Reserved. 5 TM MP1518 – FIXED FREQUENCY WHITE LED DRIVER Startup Waveforms VIN = 3.6V, 3 LEDs, 20mA VEN 5V/div. VOV 5V/div. IIN 100mA/div. Figure 4—Startup Waveforms Analog and Digital Dimming There are three different ways to control dimming for the MP1518 during normal operation. The first way uses a DC voltage to control the feedback voltage. This can be seen in Figure 6. As the DC voltage increases, current starts flowing down R1, R2 and R3. The loop will continue to regulate the feedback voltage to 104mV. Thus the current has to decrease through the LEDs by the same amount of current as is being injected from the DC voltage source. With a VDC from 0V to 2V, the resistor values shown for R2 and R3 can control the LED current from 0mA to 20mA. VDC CURRENT LIMIT (mA) Figure 5 shows the dependence on current limit versus duty cycle. 500 LED1 400 LED2 300 LED3 MP1518 FB 200 100 0 0 20 40 60 80 DUTY CYCLE (%) 100 Figure 6—Dimming Control Using a DC Voltage Figure 5—Current Limit vs. Duty Cycle Setting the LED Current The LED current is controlled by the feedback resistor, R1, in Figure 6. The current through the LEDs is given by the equation 104mV/R1. Table 2 shows the selection of resistors for a given LED current. Table 2—ILED vs. R1 ILED (mA) 1 5 10 15 20 MP1518 Rev. 1.6 7/25/2006 R1 (Ω) 104 20.8 10.4 6.93 5.2 www.MonolithicPower.com MPS Proprietary Information. Unauthorized Photocopy and Duplication Prohibited. © 2006 MPS. All Rights Reserved. 6 TM MP1518 – FIXED FREQUENCY WHITE LED DRIVER Other applications need to use a logic signal to do the dimming. This can be seen in Figure 7. The PWM signal is applied to the EN pin of the MP1518. The LEDs will switch between full load to completely shut off. The average current through the LEDs will increase proportionally to the duty cycle of the PWM signal. The PWM signal used in Figure 7 should be 1KHz or below due to the soft-start function. LED1 LED2 LED3 MP1518 PWM EN Open Load Protection Open Load protection will shut off the MP1518 if the output voltage goes too high when the OV pin is tied to the output. In some cases an LED may fail, this will result in the feedback voltage always being zero. The part will run at maximum duty cycle boosting the output voltage higher and higher. By tying the OV pin to the top of the LED string the MP1518 checks this condition and if the output ever exceeds 28V the MP1518 will shut down. The part will not switch again until the power is recycled. Figure 9 shows the behavior of the MP1518 into an open load. Startup Waveforms into an Open Load FB VIN = 3.6V Figure 7—PWM Dimming Control Using a Logic Signal If the PWM signal is above 1KHz, dimming can be achieved by using the circuit shown in Figure 8. LED1 MP1518 VOV 10V/div. VSW 10V/div. LED2 FB LED3 PWM Figure 8— Dimming Control Using a Filtered PWM Signal MP1518 Rev. 1.6 7/25/2006 VEN 5V/div. Figure 9—Startup Waveforms into an Open Load Layout Considerations Careful attention must be paid to the PCB board layout and component placement. Proper layout of the high frequency switching path is critical to prevent noise and electromagnetic interference problems. Due to the high frequency switching the length and area of all the traces connected to the switch node should be minimized. Refer to the evaluation board EV0056 for a sample layout of the MP1518. www.MonolithicPower.com MPS Proprietary Information. Unauthorized Photocopy and Duplication Prohibited. © 2006 MPS. All Rights Reserved. 7 TM MP1518 – FIXED FREQUENCY WHITE LED DRIVER PACKAGE INFORMATION TSOT23-6 6 See Note 7 EXAMPLE TOP MARK 4 AAAA PIN 1 0.95 BSC 0.60 TYP 2.80 3.00 1 1.20 TYP 1.50 1.70 2.60 TYP 2.60 3.00 3 TOP VIEW RECOMMENDED LAND PATTERN 0.90 1.30 1.45 MAX 0.09 0.20 SEATING PLANE 0.30 0.50 0.95 BSC 0.00 0.15 SEE DETAIL "A" FRONT VIEW SIDE VIEW NOTE: GAUGE PLANE 0.25 BSC 0.30 0.55 0o-8o DETAIL A MP1518 Rev. 1.6 7/25/2006 1) ALL DIMENSIONS ARE IN MILLIMETERS. 2) PACKAGE LENGTH DOES NOT INCLUDE MOLD FLASH, PROTRUSION OR GATE BURR. 3) PACKAGE WIDTH DOES NOT INCLUDE INTERLEAD FLASH OR PROTRUSION. 4) LEAD COPLANARITY (BOTTOM OF LEADS AFTER FORMING) SHALL BE 0.10 MILLIMETERS MAX. 5) DRAWING CONFORMS TO JEDEC MO-193, VARIATION AB. 6) DRAWING IS NOT TO SCALE. 7) PIN 1 IS LOWER LEFT PIN WHEN READING TOP MARK FROM LEFT TO RIGHT, (SEE EXAMPLE TOP MARK) www.MonolithicPower.com MPS Proprietary Information. Unauthorized Photocopy and Duplication Prohibited. © 2006 MPS. All Rights Reserved. 8 TM MP1518 – FIXED FREQUENCY WHITE LED DRIVER PACKAGE INFORMATION QFN8 (2mm x 2mm) PIN 1 ID MARKING 1.90 2.10 0.25 0.45 0.18 0.30 1.90 2.10 PIN 1 ID INDEX AREA PIN 1 ID SEE DETAIL A 0.45 0.65 8 1 1.05 1.25 0.50 BSC 5 TOP VIEW 4 BOTTOM VIEW 0.80 1.00 PIN 1 ID OPTION A R0.20 TYP. PIN 1 ID OPTION B R0.20 TYP. 0.20 REF 0.00 0.05 SIDE VIEW DETAIL A NOTE: 1.90 0.70 0.60 1) ALL DIMENSIONS ARE IN MILLIMETERS. 2) EXPOSED PADDLE SIZE DOES NOT INCLUDE MOLD FLASH. 3) LEAD COPLANARITY SHALL BE 0.10 MILLIMETER MAX. 4) DRAWING CONFORMS TO JEDEC MO-229, VARIATION VCCD-3. 5) DRAWING IS NOT TO SCALE. 0.25 1.20 0.50 RECOMMENDED LAND PATTERN NOTICE: The information in this document is subject to change without notice. Users should warrant and guarantee that third party Intellectual Property rights are not infringed upon when integrating MPS products into any application. MPS will not assume any legal responsibility for any said applications. 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