STMicroelectronics LED7706 Datasheet
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LED7706
6-rows 30 mA LEDs driver with boost regulator for LCD panels backlight
Features
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Boost section
– 4.5 V to 36 V input voltage range
– Internal power MOSFET
– Internal +5 V LDO for device supply
– Up to 36 V output voltage
– Constant frequency peak current-mode control
– 250 kHz to 1 MHz adjustable switching frequency
– External synchronization for multi-device application
– Pulse-skip power saving mode at light load
– Programmable soft-start
– Programmable OVP protection
– Stable with ceramic output capacitors
– Thermal shutdown
Backlight driver section
– Six rows with 30 mA maximum current capability (adjustable)
– Rows disable option
– Less than 500 ns minimum dimming ontime (1 % minimum dimming duty-cycle at
20 kHz)
– ±2 % current matching between rows
– LED failure (open and short-circuit) detection
Applications
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LCD monitors and TV panels
PDAs panel backlight
GPS panel backlight
VFQFPN-24 4x4
Description
The LED7706 consists of a high efficiency monolithic boost converter and six controlled current generators (rows) specifically designed to supply LEDs arrays used in the backlighting of
LCD panels. The device can manage an output voltage up to 36 V (i.e. 10 white LEDs per row).
The generators can be externally programmed to sink up to 30 mA and can be dimmed via a PWM signal (1 % dimming duty-cycle at 20 kHz can be managed). The device allows to detect and manage the open and shorted LED faults and to let unused rows floating. Basic protections (output over-voltage, internal MOSFET over-current and thermal shutdown) are provided.
Table 1.
Device summary
Order codes
LED7706
LED7706TR
April 2009
Package
VFQFPN-24 4x4 (exposed pad)
Rev 2
Packaging
Tube
Tape and reel
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Contents
Contents
LED7706
Switching frequency selection and synchronization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Slope compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
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LED7706
Contents
Application information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Loop compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Flywheel diode selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Switching frequency setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Output capacitor choice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Over-voltage protection divider setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Compensation network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Power dissipation estimate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Package mechanical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
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Typical application circuit
1 Typical application circuit
Figure 1.
Application circuit
VIN
L
Slope Compensation OVP selection
Switching Frequency selection +5V
MLCC
LED7706
V OUT
LDO5
Internal MOS OCP
Rows current selection
BILIM
RILIM
SS
COMP
SGND
LED7706
ROW1
ROW2
ROW3
ROW4
ROW5
ROW6
Dimming
Fault
Enable
Up to 10 WLEDs per row
Faults Management Selection
Sync Output
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LED7706
2.1 Connections
Figure 2.
Pin connection (through top view)
COMP
RILIM
BILIM
FSW
MODE
AVCC
1
24
6
7
LED7706
19
18
12
13
OVSEL
PGND
ROW6
ROW5
ROW4
ROW3
Pin settings
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Pin settings LED7706
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11
12
13
14
15
16
17
Table 2.
N°
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
ROW1
ROW2
ROW3
ROW4
ROW5
ROW6
PGND
Pin functions
Pin
COMP
RILIM
BILIM
FSW
MODE
AVCC
LDO5
VIN
SLOPE
SGND
OVSEL
LX
DIM
EN
FAULT
SYNC
SS
Function
Error amplifier output. A simple RC series between this pin and ground is needed to compensate the loop of the boost regulator.
Output generators current limit setting. The output current of the rows can be programmed connecting a resistor to SGND.
Boost converter current limit setting. The internal MOSFET current limit can be programmed connecting a resistor to SGND.
Switching frequency selection and external sync input. A resistor to SGND is used to set the desired switching frequency. The pin can also be used as external synchronization input. See
Section 5.1.5 on page 15 for details.
Current generators fault management selector. It allows to detect and manage
LEDs failures. See Section 5.3.2 on page 21 for details.
+ 5 V analog supply. Connect to LDO5 through a simple RC filter.
+ 5 V LDO output and power section supply. Bypass to SGND with a
1 μF ceramic capacitor.
Input voltage. Connect to the main supply rail.
Slope compensation setting. A resistor between the output of the boost converter and this pin is needed to avoid sub-harmonic instability.
Refer to
Section 6.1 on page 24 for details.
Signal ground. Supply return for the analog circuitry and the current generators.
Row driver output #1.
Row driver output #2.
Row driver output #3.
Row driver output #4.
Row driver output #5.
Row driver output #6.
Power ground. Source of the internal Power MOSFET.
Over-voltage selection. Used to set the desired OV threshold by an external divider. See
for details.
Switching node. Drain of the internal Power MOSFET.
Dimming input. Used to externally set the brightness by using a PWM signal.
Enable input. When low, the device is turned off. If tied high or left open, the device is turned on and a soft-start sequence takes place.
Fault signal output. Open drain output. The pin goes low when a fault condition
is detected (see Section 5.3.1 on page 21 for details).
Synchronization output. Used as external synchronization output.
Soft-start. Connect a capacitor to SGND to set the desired soft-start duration.
LED7706 Electrical data
Table 3.
Symbol
Absolute maximum ratings
(1)
Parameter Value Unit
V
AVCC
V
LDO5
V
IN
V
LX
AVCC to SGND
LDO5 to SGND
PGND to SGND
VIN to PGND
LX to SGND
LX to PGND
RILIM, BILIM, SYNC, OVSEL, SS to SGND
EN, DIM, SW, MODE, FAULT to SGND
-0.3 to 6
-0.3 to 6
-0.3 to 0.3
-0.3 to 40
-0.3 to 40
-0.3 to 40
-0.3 to V
AVCC
+ 0.3
-0.3 to 6
V
ROWx to PGND/ SGND
SLOPE to VIN
SLOPE to SGND
-0.3 to 40
V
IN
- 0.3 to
V
IN
+ 6
-0.3 to 40
P
TOT
Internal switch maximum RMS current
(flowing through LX node)
Power dissipation @ T
A
= 25 °C
Maximum withstanding voltage range test condition:
CDF-AEC-Q100-002- “human body model” acceptance criteria: “normal performance”
2.0 A
2.3
(2)
±1000
1.
Stresses beyond those listed under “absolute maximum ratings” may cause permanent damage to the device. Exposure to absolute maximum rated conditions for extended periods may affect device reliability.
2.
Power dissipation referred to the device mounted on the demonstration board described in section 5.5
W
V
Table 4.
Symbol
R thJA
T
STG
T
J
Thermal data
Parameter
Thermal resistance junction to ambient
Storage temperature range
Junction operating temperature range
Value
42
-50 to 150
-40 to 150
Unit
°C/W
°C
°C
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Electrical characteristics LED7706
Table 5.
Symbol
V
IN
= 12 V; T
J
= 25 °C and LDO5 connected to AVCC if not otherwise specified
(a)
Electrical characteristics
Parameter Test condition Min.
Typ.
Max.
Unit
Supply section
V
IN
V
BST
V
V
I
LDO5
AVCC
IN,Q
Input voltage range
Boost section output voltage
LDO output and IC supply voltage
Operating quiescent current
EN High
I
LDO5
= 0 mA
R
RILIM
R
= 51 k
Ω, R
SLOPE
= 680 k
Ω
BILIM
= 220 k
Ω,
DIM tied to SGND.
Operating current in shutdown EN low I
IN,SHDN
V
UVLO,ON
LDO5 under voltage lock out upper threshold
V
UVLO,OFF
LDO5 under voltage lock out lower threshold
4.5
4.4
3.3
5
1
20
3.8
3.6
36
36
5.5
30
4.0
LDO linear regulator
Line regulation
LDO dropout voltage
LDO maximum output current
6 V
≤
V
IN
≤
36 V, I
LDO5
= 30 mA
V
IN
= 4.3 V, I
LDO5
= 10 mA
V
LDO5
> V
UVLO,ON
V
LDO5
< V
UVLO,OFF
25
80
40
20
Boost section t
ON,min f
SW
Minimum switching on-time
Default switching frequency
Minimum FSW sync frequency
FSW sync input threshold
FSW connected to AVCC
FSW sync low level
FSW sync input hysteresis
FSW sync min. ON time
SYNC output Duty-Cycle
SYNC output high level
SYNC output low level
570
240
660
210
200
750
350
20
270
FSW connected to AVCC
(Internal oscillator selected)
34 40
I
SYNC
= 10
μA
V
AVCC
-20V
I
SYNC
= -10
μA 20
30
120
60
30
V
V mA
μA
V mV mA ns kHz mV ns
% mV
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Specification referred to T
J
from 0 °C to +85 °C. Specification over the 0 to +85 °C T design, characterization and statistical correlation.
J
range are assured by
LED7706
Table 5.
Symbol
Electrical characteristics (continued)
Parameter Test condition
Power switch
K
B
R
DSon
LX current coefficient
Internal MOSFET on-resistance
OC and OV protections
V
TH,OVP
Over voltage protection reference threshold (OVSEL)
V
TH,FRD
Floating channel detection threshold
ΔV
OVP,FRD
Voltage gap between OVP and
FRD thresholds
Soft-start and power management
EN, Turn-on threshold
EN, Turn-off threshold
DIM, high level threshold
DIM, low level threshold
EN, pull-up current
SS, charge current
SS, end-of-startup threshold
SS, reduced switching frequency release threshold
R
BILIM
= 600 k
Ω
Current generators section
T
DIM-
ON,min
K
R
Minimum dimming on-time
ΔK
R
(1)
Current generators gain
Current generators gain accuracy
Feedback regulation voltage V
IFB
V rowx,
FAULT
Shorted LED fault detection threshold
V
FAULT,
LOW
FAULT pin low-level voltage
Thermal shutdown
I
MODE tied to SGND
MODE connected to AVCC
FAULT,SINK
T
SHDN
Thermal shutdown turn-off temperature
Thermal shutdown hysteresis
1.
I
ROW
= K
R
/ R
RILIM
,
ΔI
ROW
/I
ROW
≈ ΔK
R
/K
R
+
ΔR
RILIM
/R
RILIM
= 4 mA
Electrical characteristics
Min.
Typ.
Max.
Unit
5·10
5
6·10
5
280
7·10
5
500
V m
Ω
1.190
1.234
1.280
1.100
1.145
1.190
V
90 mV
0.8
1.3
4
2.0
2.5
5
2.4
0.8
1.6
V
0.8
6
2.8
μA
V
500
987
400
3.4
6.0
200
±2.0
ns
V
% mV
V
350 mV
150
30
°C
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Operation description LED7706
The device can be divided into two sections: the boost section and the backlight driver
section. These sections are described in the next paragraphs. Figure 3
provides an overview of the internal blocks of the device.
Figure 3.
Simplified block diagram
+ +
+ +
_ _
+ +
_ _
+ +
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V
TH,FLT
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LED7706 Operation description
The LED7706 is a monolithic LEDs driver for the backlight of LCD panels and it consists of a boost converter and six PWM-dimmable current generators.
The boost section is based on a constant switching frequency, peak current-mode architecture. The boost output voltage is controlled such that the lowest row's voltage, referred to SGND, is equal to an internal reference voltage (400 mV typ. see
input voltage range is from 4.5 V up to 36 V. In addition, the LED7706 has an internal LDO that supplies the internal circuitry of the device and is capable to deliver up to 40 mA. The input of the LDO is the VIN pin.
The LDO5 pin is the LDO output and the supply for the power MOSFET driver at the same time. The AVCC pin is the supply for the analog circuitry and should be connected to the
LDO output through a simple RC filter in order to improve the noise rejection.
Figure 4.
AVCC filtering
C
LDO5 C
AVCC
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Two loops are involved in regulating the current sunk by the generators.
The main loop is related to the boost regulator and uses a constant frequency peak currentmode architecture to regulate the power rail that supplies the LEDs (
internal current loop regulates the same current (flowing through the LEDs) at each row according to the set value (RILIM pin).
Figure 5.
Main loop and current loop diagram
V IN
COMP
Slope
LX ROWx
PWM
SGND
RILIM
Minimum voltage drop selector
E/A
0.4V
Error amplifier
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Operation description LED7706
A dedicated circuit automatically selects the lowest voltage drop among all the rows and provides this voltage to the main loop that, in turn, regulates the output voltage. In fact, once the reference generator has been detected, the error amplifier compares its voltage drop to the internal reference voltage and varies the COMP output. The voltage at the COMP pin determines the inductor peak current at each switching cycle. The output voltage of the boost regulator is thus determined by the total forward voltage of the LEDs strings (see
Equation 1
V
OUT
=
N
ROWS max i
=
1
( m
LEDS
Σ
j
=
1
V
F , j
)
+
400 mV where the first term represents the highest total forward voltage drop over N active rows and the second is the voltage drop across the leading generator (400 mV typ.).
The device continues to monitor the voltage drop across all the rows and automatically switches to the current generator having the lowest voltage drop.
Figure 6.
Calculation of the output voltage of the boost regulator
Row with the highest voltage drop across LEDs
V
IN
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Boost controller
Current generators section
I
LED max
Σ
V
F
V
BOOST
400 mV
Leading generator
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8 1
The LED7706 is enabled by the EN pin. This pin is active high and, when forced to SGND, the device is turned off. This pin is connected to a permanently active 2.5
μA current source; when sudden device turn-on at power-up is required, this pin must be left floating or connected to a delay capacitor. When turned off, the LED7706 quickly discharges the soft-start capacitor and turns off the power MOSFET, the current generators and the LDO.
The power consumption is thus reduced to 20
μA only.
In applications where the dimming signal is used to turn on and off the device, the EN pin can be connected to the DIM pin as shown in
.
LED7706
Figure 7.
Enable pin driven by dimming signal
Operation description
220kΩ 100nF
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5.1.3 Soft-start
The soft-start function is required to perform a correct start-up of the system, controlling the inrush current required to charge the output capacitor and to avoid output voltage overshoot.
The soft-start duration is set connecting an external capacitor between the SS pin and ground. This capacitor is charged with a 5
μA (typ.) constant current, forcing the voltage on the SS pin to ramp up. When this voltage increases from zero to nearly 1.2 V, the current limit of the power MOSFET is proportionally released from zero to its final value. However, because of the limited minimum on-time of the switching section, the inductor might saturate due to current runaway. To solve this problem the switching frequency is reduced to one half of the nominal value at the beginning of the soft-start phase. The nominal switching frequency is restored after the SS pin voltage has crossed 0.8 V.
Figure 8.
Soft-start sequence waveforms in case of floating rows t t ss t t
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During the soft-start phase the floating rows detection is also performed. In presence of one or more floating rows, the voltage across the involved current generator drops to zero. This voltage becomes the inverting input of the error amplifier through the minimum voltage drop
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Operation description LED7706 selector (see
Figure 5 ). As a consequence the error amplifier is unbalanced and the loop
reacts by increasing the output voltage. When it reaches the floating row detection (FRD)
threshold (95% of the OVP threshold), the floating rows are managed according to Table 6
(see Section 5.3 on page 21 ). After the SS voltage reaches a 2.4 V threshold, the start-up
finishes and all the protections turn active. The soft-start capacitor C
SS
can be calculated according to equation 2.
Equation 2
C
SS
≅
I
SS
⋅ t
2 .
4
SS
Where I
SS
= 5 µA and t
SS
is the desired soft-start duration.
An adjustable over-voltage protection is available. It can be set feeding the OVSEL pin with a partition of the output voltage. The voltage of the central tap of the divider is thus compared to a fixed 1.234 V threshold. When the voltage on the OVSEL pin exceeds the OV threshold, the FAULT pin is tied low and the device is turned off; this condition is latched and the
LED7706 is restarted by toggling the EN pin or by performing a Power-On Reset (the POR occurs when the LDO output falls below the lower UVLO threshold and subsequently crosses the upper UVLO threshold during the rising phase of the input voltage). Normally, the value of the high-side resistors of the divider must be chosen as high as possible (but lower than 1 M Ω) to reduce the output capacitor discharge when the boost converter is off
(during the off phase of the dimming cycle). The R2/R1 ratio is calculated to trigger the OVP circuitry as soon as the output voltage is 2 V higher than the maximum value for a given LED string (see equation 3). Two additional filtering capacitors, C 10 and C 13, may be required to improve noise rejection at the OVSEL pin, as shown in
Figure 9 . The typical value for C
10 is in the 100 pF-330 pF range, while the C 13 value is given by equation 4.
Equation 3
R
2
=
R
1
⋅
( V
OUT , OVP
1 .
234 V
+
2 V
−
1 .
234 V )
Equation 4
C
13
=
2
⋅
C
10
R
2
R
1
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LED7706
Figure 9.
OVP threshold setting
V IN
LX
OVSEL
LED7706
SGND
V OUT
R 1
C
13
C OUT
R 2
C 10
Operation description
5.1.5
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Switching frequency selection and synchronization
The switching frequency of the boost converter can be set in the 250 kHz-1 MHz range by connecting the FSW pin to ground through a resistor. Calculation of the setting resistor is made using equation 5 and should not exceed the 100 k
Ω-400 kΩ range.
Equation 5
R
FSW
=
F
SW
2 .
5
In addition, when the FSW pin is tied to AVCC, the LED7706 uses a default 660 kHz fixed switching frequency, allowing to save a resistor in minimum component-count applications.
Figure 10.
Multiple device synchronization
R
FSW
AVCC
MASTER
FSW
LED7706
SGND
SYNC
SLAVE
FSW SYNC
LED7706
SYNC
SGND
Sync Out
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The FSW pin can also be used as synchronization input, allowing the LED7706 to operate both as master or slave device. If a clock signal with a 210 kHz minimum frequency is applied to this pin, the device locks synchronized. The signal provided to the FSW pin must cross the 270 mV threshold in order to be recognized. The minimum pulse width which allows the synchronizing pulses to be detected is 270 ns. An Internal time-out allows synchronization as long as the external clock frequency is greater than 210 kHz.
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Operation description LED7706
Keeping the FSW pin voltage lower than 270 mV for more than 4.8 µs results in a stop of the device switching activity. Normal operation is resumed as soon as FSW rises above the mentioned threshold and the soft-start sequence is repeated.
The SYNC pin is a synchronization output and provides a 35 % (typ.) duty-cycle clock when the LED7706 is used as master or a replica of the FSW pin when used as slave. It is used to connect multiple devices in a daisy-chain configuration or to synchronize other switching converters running in the system with the LED7706 (master operation). When an external synchronization clock is applied to the FSW pin, the internal oscillator is over-driven: each switching cycle begins at the rising edge of the clock, while the slope compensation
(
) ramp starts at the falling edge of the same signal. Thus, to prevent sub-
harmonic instability (see Section 5.1.6
), the external synchronization clock is required to
have a 40 % maximum duty-cycle when the boost converter is working in continuousconduction mode (CCM) in order to assure that the slope compensation is effective (starts with duty-cycle lower than 40%)
Figure 11.
External sync waveforms
FSW pin voltage (ext. sync)
270mV threshold
Slave SYNC pin voltage
270ns minimum
Slave LX pin voltage
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The constant frequency, peak current-mode topology has the advantage of very easy loop compensation with output ceramic caps (reduced cost and size of the application) and fast transient response. In addition, the intrinsic peak-current measurement simplifies the current limit protection, avoiding undesired saturation of the inductor.
On the other side, this topology has a drawback: there is an inherent open loop instability when operating with a duty-ratio greater than 0.5. This phenomenon is known as “Sub-
Harmonic Instability” and can be avoided by adding an external ramp to the one coming from the sensed current. This compensating technique, based on the additional ramp, is
called “slope compensation”. In Figure 12 , where the switching duty-cycle is higher than 0.5,
the small perturbation
ΔI
L
dies away in subsequent cycles thanks to the slope compensation and the system reverts to a stable situation.
LED7706 Operation description
The SLOPE pin allows to properly set the amount of slope compensation connecting a simple resistor R
SLOPE between the SLOPE pin and the output. The compensation ramp starts at 35% (typ.) of each switching period and its slope is given by the following equation:
Equation 6
S
E
=
K
S
⎛
⎜⎜
V
OUT
−
V
IN
R
SLOPE
−
V
BE
⎞
⎟⎟
Where KS = 5.8
⋅
10
10
s
-1
, V
BE
= 2 V (typ.) and S
E
is the slope ramp in [A/s].
To avoid sub-harmonic instability, the compensating slope should be at least half the slope of the inductor current during the off-phase when the duty-cycle is greater than 50%. The value of R
SLOPE can be calculated according to equation 7.
Equation 7
R
SLOPE
≤
2
⋅
K
S
⋅
L
(
⋅
(
V
V
OUT
OUT
−
−
V
IN
V
IN
)
−
V
BE
)
Figure 12.
Effect of slope compensation on small inductor current perturbation
(D > 0.5) slope compensation (S
E
)
I I
Inductor current perturbation t t
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Operation description
5.1.7
LED7706
Boost current limit
The design of the external components, especially the inductor and the flywheel diode, must be optimized in terms of size relying on the programmable peak current limit. The LED7706 improves the reliability of the final application giving the way to limit the maximum current flowing into the critical components. A simple resistor connected between the BILIM pin and ground sets the desired value. The voltage at the BILIM pin is internally fixed to 1.23 V and the current limit is proportional to the current flowing through the setting resistor, according to the following equation:
Equation 8
I
BOOST , PEAK
=
K
B
R
BILIM where
The maximum allowed current limit is 5 A, resulting in a minimum setting resistor
R
BILIM
> 120 k
Ω. The maximum guaranteed RMS current in the power switch is 2 A.
In a boost converter the RMS current through the internal MOSFET depends on both the input and output voltages, according to equations 9a (DCM) and 9b (CCM).
The current limitation works by clamping the COMP pin voltage proportionally to R
BILIM
.
Peak inductor current is limited to the above threshold decreased by the slope compensation contribution.
Equation 9 a
K
B
=
6
⋅
10
5
V
I
MOS , rms
=
V
IN
F
SW
⋅
D
⋅
L
D
3
Equation 9 b
I
MOS , rms
=
I
OUT
⎛
⎜
⎝
D
(
1
−
D
)
2
+
1
12
⎛
⎜⎜
I
OUT
V
OUT
⋅ f
SW
⋅
L
⎞
⎟⎟
2
(
D
(
1
−
D
) )
3
⎞
⎟
⎠
In order to avoid damage due to high junction temperature, a thermal shutdown protection is implemented. When the junction temperature rises above 150 °C (typ.), the device turns off both the control logic and the boost converter and holds the FAULT pin low. The LDO is kept alive and normal operation is automatically resumed after the junction temperature has been reduced by 30 °C.
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LED7706
5.2 Backlight driver section
Operation description
The LED7706 is a LEDs driver with six channels (rows); each row is able to drive multiple
LEDs in series (max. 36 V) and to sink up to 30 mA maximum current, allowing to manage different kinds of LEDs.
The LEDs current can be set by connecting an external resistor (R
RILIM
) between the RILIM pin and ground. The voltage across the RILIM pin is internally set to 1.23 V and the rows current is proportional to the RILIM current according to the following equation:
Equation 10
I
ROWx
=
K
R
R
RILIM
Where K
R
= 987 V.
The graph in Figure 13 better shows the relationship between I
ROW
and R
RILIM
and helps to choose the correct value of the resistor to set the desired row current.
Figure 13.
Row current vs R
RILIM
Row current vs R RILIM
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
0 50 100
R
RILIM
[kΩ]
150 200 250
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The maximum current mismatch between the rows is ± 2 % @ I rowx
= 20 mA.
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Operation description LED7706
The brightness control of the LEDs is performed by a pulse-width modulation of the rows current. When a PWM signal is applied to the DIM pin, the current generators are turned on and off mirroring the DIM pin behavior. Actually, the minimum dimming duty-cycle depends on the dimming frequency.
The real limit to the PWM dimming is the minimum on-time that can be managed for the current generators; this minimum on-time is approximately 500 ns.
Thus, the minimum dimming duty-cycle depends on the dimming frequency according to the following formula:
Equation 11
D
DIM , min
=
500 ns
⋅ f
DIM
For example, at a dimming frequency of 20 kHz, 1% of dimming duty-cycle can be managed.
During the off-phase of the PWM signal the boost converter is paused and the current generators are turned off. The output voltage can be considered almost constant because of the relatively slow discharge of the output capacitor. During the start-up sequence (see
Section 5.1.3 on page 13 ) the dimming duty-cycle is forced to 100% to detect floating rows
regardless of the applied dimming signal.
Figure 14.
PWM dimming waveforms
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The main loop keeps the row having the lowest voltage drop regulated to about 400 mV.
This value slightly depends on the voltage across the remaining active rows. After the softstart sequence, all protections turn active and the voltage across the active current generators is monitored to detect shorted LEDs.
The FAULT pin is an open-collector output, (with 4 mA current capability) active low, which gives information regarding faulty conditions eventually detected. This pin can be used either to drive a status LED or to warn the host system.
The FAULT pin status is strictly related to the MODE pin setting (see
The MODE pin is a digital input and can be connected to AVCC or SGND in order to choose the desired fault detection and management. The LED7706 can manage a faulty condition
in two different ways, according to the application needs. Table 6
summarizes how the device detects and handles the internal protections related to the boost section (overcurrent, over-temperature and over-voltage) and to the current generators section (open and shorted LEDs).
Table 6.
Faults management summary
FAULT MODE to GND
Internal MOSFET over current
Output over voltage
Thermal shutdown
LED short shorted led
Open row(s)
MODE to VCC
FAULT pin HIGH
Power MOS turned OFF
FAULT pin LOW
Device turned OFF, latched condition
FAULT pin LOW. Device turned OFF.
Automatic restart after 30 C temperature drop.
FAULT pin LOW
Device turned OFF, latched condition
(Vth = 3.4 V)
FAULT pin LOW
Device turned OFF at first occurrence, latched condition
FAULT pin LOW
Faulty row(s) disconnected
Device keeps on working with the remaining row(s)
(Vth = 6 V)
FAULT pin HIGH Faulty row(s) disconnected.
Device keeps on working with the remaining row(s)
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In case a row is not connected or a LED fails open, the device has two different behaviors according to the MODE pin status.
Connecting the MODE pin to SGND, as soon as an open row is detected the FAULT pin is tied low and the device is turned off. The internal logic latches this status: to restore the normal operation, the device must be restarted by toggling the EN pin or performing a
Power-On Reset (POR occurs when the voltage at the LDO5 pin falls below the lower UVLO threshold and subsequently rises above the upper one).
If the MODE pin is high (i.e. connected to AVCC), the LED7706 behaves in a different manner: the open row is excluded from the control loop and the device continues to work properly with the remaining rows. The FAULT pin is not affected. Thus, if less than six rows are used in the application, the MODE pin must be set high.
shows an example of open channel detection in case of MODE connected to
AVCC.
At the point marked as “1” in
, the row opens (row current drops to zero). From this point on the output voltage is increased as long as the output voltage reaches the floating
row detection threshold (see Section 5.1.3 on page 13 ). Then (point marked as “2”) the
faulty row is disconnected and the device keeps on working only with the remaining rows.
Figure 15.
Open channel detection (MODE to AVCC)
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5.3.4
Operation description
Shorted LED fault
When a LED is shorted, the voltage across the related current generator increases of an amount equal to the missing voltage drop of the faulty LED. Since the feedback voltage on each active generator is constantly compared with a fault threshold V
TH,FAULT
, the device detects the faulty condition and acts according to the MODE pin status.
If the MODE pin is low, the fault threshold is V
TH,FAULT
= 3.4 V. When the voltage across a row is higher than this threshold, the FAULT pin is set low and the device is turned off. The internal logic latches this status until the EN pin is toggled or a POR is performed.
In case the MODE pin is connected to AVCC, the fault threshold is set to 6 V. The LED7706 simply disconnects the rows whose voltage is higher than the threshold and the FAULT pin is forced low. This option is also useful to avoid undesired triggering of the shorted-LED protection simply due to the high voltage drop spread across the LEDs.
shows an example of shorted LED detection in case MODE is connected to GND.
At the point marked as “1” in Figure 16 one LED fails becoming a short-circuit. The voltage
across the current generator of the channel where the failed LED is connected increases by an amount equal to the forward voltage of the faulty LED. Since the voltage across the current generator is above the threshold (3.4 V in this case), the device is turned off and the fault pin is set low (point “2”).
Figure 16.
Shorted LED detection (MODE to GND)
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The boost section of the LED7706 is a fixed frequency, current-mode converter. During normal operation, a minimum voltage selection circuit compares all the voltage drops across the active current generators and provides the minimum one to the error amplifier. The output voltage of the error amplifier determines the inductor peak current in order to keep its inverting input equal to the reference voltage (400 mV typ). The compensation network consists of a simple RC series (R
COMP
- C
COMP
) between the COMP pin and ground.
The calculation of R
COMP and C
COMP is fundamental to achieve optimal loop stability and dynamic performance of the boost converter and is strictly related to the operating conditions.
The compensation network can be quickly calculated using equations 12 to 16. Once both
R
COMP
and C
COMP
have been determined, a fine-tuning phase may be required in order to get the optimal dynamic performance from the application.
The first parameter to be fixed is the switching frequency. Normally, a high switching frequency allows reducing the size of the inductor and positively affects the dynamic response of the converter (wider bandwidth) but increases the switching losses. For most of applications, the fixed value (660 kHz) represents a good trade-off between power dissipation and dynamic response, allowing to save an external resistor at the same time. In low-profile applications, the inductor value is often kept low to reduce the number of turns; an inductor value in the 4.7 µH-15 µH range is a good starting choice.
In order to avoid instability due to interaction between the DC-DC converter's loop and the current generators' loop, the bandwidth of the boost should not exceed the bandwidth of the current generators. A unity-gain frequency (f
U
) in the order of 30-40 kHz is acceptable. Also, take care not to exceed the CCM-mode right half-plane zero (RHPZ).
Equation 12 f
U
≤
0 .
2
⋅
F
SW
Equation 13 f
U
≤
0 .
2
⋅
M
2
R
2
π ⋅
L
=
0 .
2
⋅
⎛
⎜⎜
V
IN , min
V
OUT
2
π
⎞
⎟⎟
2 ⎛
⎜⎜
⋅
L
V
OUT
I
OUT
⎞
⎟⎟
Equation 14 a
M
=
V
IN , min
V
OUT
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Equation 14b
R
=
V
OUT
I
OUT
Where V
IN,min
is the minimum input voltage and I
OUT
is the overall output current.
Note that, the lower the inductor value (and the higher the switching frequency), the higher the bandwidth can be achieved. The output capacitor is directly involved in the loop of the boost converter and must be large enough to avoid excessive output voltage drop in case of a sudden line transition from the maximum to the minimum input voltages.
However a more significant requirement concerns the output voltage ripple.
The output capacitor should be chosen in accordance with the following expression:
Equation 15
C
OUT
>
(
I
L , peak
−
I
OUT
)
⋅
T
OFF
2
⋅ Δ
V
OUT , max where
ΔV
OUT, max
is the maximum acceptable output voltage ripple, I
L, peak
is the peak inductor current, T
OFF
is the off-time of the switching cycle (for an extensive explanation see
Once the output capacitor has been chosen, the R
COMP
can be calculated as:
Equation 16
R
COMP
=
G
2
π
M
⋅ f
U
⋅ g
EA
⋅
C
⋅
M
Where G
M
= 2.7 S and g
EA
= 375 µS
Equation 16 places the loop bandwidth at f
U
. Then, the C
COMP
capacitor is determined to place the frequency of the compensation zero 5 times lower than the loop bandwidth:
Equation 17
C
COMP
=
2
π ⋅ f
Z
1
⋅
R
COMP
Where f
Z
=f
U
/5.
In most of the applications an experimental approach is also very valid to compensate the circuit. A simple technique to optimize different applications is to choose C and to replace R
COMP
COMP
= 4.7 nF
with a 10 k
Ω trimmer adjusting its value to properly damp the output transient response. Insufficient damping will result in excessive ringing at the output and poor phase margin.
(a and b) give an example of compensation adjustment for a typical application.
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Figure 17.
Poor phase margin (a) and properly damped (b) load transient responses a) b)
LED7706
Figure 18.
Load transient response measurement set-up
6.8μH
V IN = 6V V BOOST
C
IN
4.7μF
MLCC
+5V
LDO5
BILIM
RILIM
SS
COMP
SGND
LED7706
ROW1
ROW2
ROW3
ROW4
ROW5
ROW6
Up to 10 WLEDs per row
R
L
=
V BST
50mA
500Hz
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In order to prevent the device from exceeding the thermal shutdown threshold (150 °C), it is important to estimate the junction temperature through the following equation:
Equation 18
T
J
=
T
Amb
+
R th , JA
⋅
P
D , tot where T
A
is the ambient temperature, R th,JA is the equivalent thermal resistance junction to ambient and P
D,tot
is the power dissipated by the device.
The R th,JA
measured on the application demonstration board (described in Section 6.5
) is 42 °C/W.
The P
D,tot
has several contributions, listed below.
a) Conduction losses due to the R
DS(on)
of the internal power switch, equal to:\
Equation 19
P
D , cond
=
R
DSon
⋅
I
2
IN
⋅
D
⋅
D
DIM where D is defined as:
Equation 20
D
=
1
−
V
IN
V
OUT and D
DIM
is the duty cycle of the PWM dimming signal.
b) Switching losses due to the power MOSFET turn on and off, calculated as:
Equation 21
P
D , sw
=
V
OUT
⋅
I
IN
⋅ f sw
⋅
( t r
+
2 t f
)
⋅
D
DIM where t r
and t f
are the power MOSFET rise time and fall time respectively.
c) Current generators losses. This contribution is strictly related to the LEDs used in the application. Only the contribution of the leading current generator (“master” current generator) can be predicted, regardless of the LEDs forward voltage:
Equation 22
P
GEN , Master
=
I
ROW
⋅
V
IFB
⋅
D
DIM where I
ROW
is the current flowing through the row, whereas V
IFB
is the voltage across the master current generator (typically 400 mV).
The voltages across the other current generators depend on the spread of the LEDs forward voltage. The worst case for power dissipation (maximum forward voltage LEDs in the master row, minimum forward voltage LEDs in all other rows) can be estimated as:
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Equation 23
P
GEN
=
I
ROW
⋅
( n
ROWs
−
1
)
⋅
(
V
IFB
+ Δ
V f , LEDs
⋅ n
LEDs
)
⋅
D
DIM where n
ROWs
is the number of active rows, voltage and n
LEDs
ΔV f,LEDs
is the number of LEDs per row.
is the spread of the LEDs forward d) LDO losses, due to the dissipation of the 5 V linear regulator:
Equation 24
P
D , LDO
=
(
V
IN
−
V
LDO
)
⋅
I
LDO
The LED7706 is housed in a 24 leads 4x4-VFQFPN package with exposed pad that allows good thermal performance. However it is also important to design properly the demonstration board layout in order to assure correct heat dissipation.
shows a picture of the LED7706 application demonstration board taken using an infrared camera. The chip temperature, in those application conditions, is kept below 50 °C.
Figure 19.
Demonstration board thermographic analysis
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Being the LED7706 mostly dedicated to backlighting, real-estate applications dictate severe constrain in selecting the optimal inductor. The inductor choice must take into account different parameters like conduction losses (DCR), core losses (ferrite or iron-powder), saturation current and magnetic-flux shielding (core shape and technology).
The switching frequency of the LED7706 can be set in the 200 kHz-1 MHz range, allowing a wide selecting room for the inductance value. Low switching frequencies takes to high inductance value, resulting in significant DCR and size. On the other hand, high switching frequencies result in significant core losses. The suggested range is 4.7-22 µH, even if the
LED7706 Application information best trade off between the different loss contributions varies from manufacturer to manufacturer.
A 6.8 µH inductor has been experimentally found as the most suitable for applications running at a 660 kHz switching frequency.
Table 7.
Recommended inductors
Manufacturer Part number
Coilcraft
Wurth
LPS6235-682MLC
7440650068
Description
6.8
μH, 75 mΩ, 2.7 A
6.8
μH, 33 mΩ, 3.6 A
Size
6x6 mm
10x10 mm
The input and output capacitors should have very low ESR (ceramic capacitors) in order to minimize the ripple voltage. The boost converter of the LED7706 has been designed to support ceramic capacitors. The required capacitance depends on the programmed LED current and the minimum dimming frequency (the boost converter is off when the DIM pin is low and the output capacitor is slowly discharged). Considering the worst case (i.e. 200 Hz dimming frequency and 30 mA/channel), two 2.2 µF MLCCs are suitable for almost all applications. Particular care must be taken when selecting the rated voltage and the dielectric type of the output capacitors: 50 V rated MLCC may show a significant capacitance drop when biased, especially in case of Y5V dielectric.
As in most of boost converters, the input capacitor is less critical, although it is necessary to reduce the switching noise on the supply rail. The input capacitor is also important for the internal LDO of the LED7706 and must be kept as close as possible to the chip. The rated voltage of the input capacitor can be chosen according to the supply voltage range; a 10 µF
X5R MLCC is recommended.
Table 8.
Recommended capacitors
Manufacturer
Taiyo Yuden
Murata
Murata
Part number Description Package Notes
UMK325BJ106KM-T Ceramic, 35V, X5R, 20 % SMD 1210 C
IN
GRM31CR71H225KA88B Ceramic, 50V, X7R, 20 % SMD 1206 C
OUT
GRM31CR71H475KA88B Ceramic, 50V, X7R, 20 % SMD 1206 C
OUT
The flywheel diode must be a Schottky type to minimize the losses. This component is subject to an average current equal to the output one and must sustain a reverse voltage equal to the maximum output rail voltage. Considering all the channels sinking 30mA each
(i.e. 180 mA output current) and the maximum output voltage (36 V), the STP1L40M
(I f,ave
= 1 A, V r
= 40 V) diode is a good choice. Smaller diodes can be used in applications involving lower output voltage and/or lower output current.
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6.4.1
In order to help the design of an application using the LED7706, in this section a simple step-by-step design example is provided.
A possible application could be the LED backlight in a 15” LCD panel using the LED7706.
Here below the possible application conditions are listed:
●
●
●
V
IN
= 12 ± 20 %
2 strings of 48 white LEDs (20 mA) each (arranged in 6 rows, 8 LEDs per row)
V
F, LEDs
= 3.5 V ± 200 mV
Switching frequency setting
To reduce the number of the external components, the default switching frequency is selected (660 kHz typ.) by connecting the FSW pin to AVCC pin.
However, in case a different switching frequency is required, a resistor from FSW pin and
ground can be connected, according to the equation (5) in Section 5.1.5
Considering the equation 10 in
, the R
RILIM
resistor can be calculated as:
Equation 25
R
RILIM
=
K
R
I
ROW
=
987
20
V mA
=
49 .
35 k
Ω
The closest standard commercial value is 51 k
Ω. The actual value of the row current will be a little lower (19.3 mA).
The boost section, as all DC-DC converters, can work in CCM (continuous conduction mode) or in DCM (discontinuous conduction mode) depending on load current, input and output voltage and other parameters, among which the inductor value.
In a boost converter it is usually preferable to work in DCM.
Once the load, the input and output voltage, and the switching frequency are fixed, the inductor value defining the boundary between DCM and CCM operation can be calculated as:
Equation 26
L
B
=
R
0
⋅
D
⋅
(
1
−
D
)
2
2
⋅
F
SW where D is the duty-cycle defined as:
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Equation 27
D
=
1
−
V
IN
V
OUT
=
⎧
⎨
⎩
0
0 .
.
68
52
@
@
V
IN , min
V
IN , max
=
9 .
6 V
=
14 .
4 V whereas R
0 is:
Equation 28
R
0
=
V
OUT
I
OUT
=
250
Ω and
Equation 29
I
OUT
=
6
⋅
I
ROW
=
120 mA
The output voltage in the above calculations is considered as the maximum value (LED with the maximum forward voltage connected to the leading generator):
Equation 30
V
OUT , max
=
8
⋅
V
F , LEDs , max
+
400 mV
=
30 V
Considering the input voltage range, the lower L
B will be at the lower input voltage. Hence the condition to assure the DCM operation becomes:
Equation 31
L
<
L
B
(
V
IN , min
)
=
13 .
2
μ
H
An inductor value of 6.8 µH could be a suitable value, considering also a margin from the boundary condition.
It is important to highlight that the inductor choice involves not only the value itself but the saturation current (higher than the current limit, see
), the rated RMS current
(the compliance with the saturation current might be not enough; also the thermal performances must be taken into account), the DCR (which affects the efficiency) and the size (in some application might be a strict requirement).
However the DCR can’t be reduced keeping the size small. Hence a trade off between these two requirements must be achieved according to the application.
The choice of the output capacitor is mainly affected by the desired output voltage ripple.
Since the voltage across the LEDs can be considered almost constant, this ripple is transferred across the current generators, affecting their dynamic response.
The output ripple can be estimated as (neglecting the contribution of ESR of C
OUT
, very low in case of MLCC):
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Equation 32
Δ
V
OUT
=
(
I
L , peak
−
I
OUT
2
⋅
C
OUT
)
⋅
T
OFF
` where I
L, peak
is the inductor peak current (see
) calculated as:
Equation 33
I
L , peak
=
V
IN
F sw
⋅
D
⋅
L
=
⎧
⎨
⎩
1
0 .
.
044 A
914 A
@
@
V
IN , min
V
IN , max
=
9 .
6 V
=
14 .
4 V whereas D, working in DCM, is:
Equation 34
D
=
2
⋅
F sw
⋅
L
⋅
M ( M
−
1 )
R
0
=
⎧
⎨
⎩
0 .
488
0 .
285
@
@ V
V
IN , min
IN , max
=
9 .
6 V
=
14 .
4 V defining M as:
Equation 35
M
=
V
OUT
V
IN
⎧
⎨
⎩ 2
3 .
.
125
083
@
@
V
IN , min
V
IN , max
=
9 .
6 V
=
14 .
4 V
Figure 20.
Inductor current in DCM operation
I
L
I
L, peak
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T
ON
T
OFF
T
SW
= 1/F
SW
T
OFF
can be calculated as:
Equation 36
T
OFF
=
T
SW
⋅
D
2
=
⎧
⎨
⎩
348 .
5 ns
398 .
5 ns
@
@
V
IN , min
V
IN , max
=
9 .
6 V
=
14 .
4 V defining D
2
as: t
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Equation 37
D
2
=
2
⋅
R
0
F
SW
⋅
(
M
⋅
L
−
⋅
1
)
M
=
⎧
⎨
⎩ 0 .
0 .
23
263
@
@
V
IN , min
V
IN , max
=
9 .
6 V
=
14 .
4 V
The worst case for the output voltage ripple is when input voltage is lower (V
IN,min
= 9.6 V).
A simple way to select the C
OUT value is fixing a maximum voltage ripple.
In order to affect as less as possible the current generators, it would be better to fix the maximum ripple lower than the typical voltage across the generators.
For example considering
ΔV
OUT lower than 80 mV (i.e. the 20 % of the voltage across the leading generator), the required capacitance is:
Equation 38
C
OUT
>
(
I
L , peak
2
⋅
−
I
OUT
)
⋅
T
OFF
Δ
V
OUT , max
=
2 .
02
μ
F
A margin from the calculated value should be taken into account because of the capacitance drop due to the applied voltage when MLCCs are used.
A 4.7 µF MLCC can be a good choice for this application (two 2.2
μF MLCC in parallel can be also a good solution).
In case a dimming duty cycle different from 100 % is used, a further contribution to the capacitor discharge (during the off time of the dimming cycle) should be considered.
6.4.6
The input capacitor of a boost converter is less critical than the output capacitor, due to the fact that the inductor is in series with the input, and hence, the input current waveform is continuous.
A low ESR capacitor is always recommended.
A capacitor of 10 µF is tentatively a good choice for most of the applications.
Over-voltage protection divider setting
The over-voltage protection (OVP) divider provides a partition of the output voltage to the
OVSEL pin. The OVP divider setting not only fixes the OVP threshold, but also the openchannel detection threshold (95 % of the OVP threshold).
The proper OVP divider setting can be calculated by the equation (3):
Equation 39
R
2
=
R
1
⋅
1 .
234 V
( V
OUT , MAX
+
2 V
−
1 .
234 V ) where V
OUT, MAX
is the maximum output voltage considering the worst case (all LEDs with the maximum V
F
= V
F,max
= 3.7 V on the same row):
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Equation 40
V
OUT , OVP
= nLED
⋅
V
F , max
+
400 mV
=
30 V
R
1 can be chosen is in the order of hundreds of kilo-ohms to reduce the leakage current in the resistor divider. For example, setting R standard commercial value is R
2
= 22 k
Ω.
1
= 510 k
Ω leads to R
2
= 21.89 k
Ω. The closest
The correct selection of the OVP divider (and, as consequence, the open channel detection threshold) must take into account the shorted LED fault threshold (see
).
When the selected OVP threshold is too high, an undesired triggering of the shorted LED detection circuitry may occur when a channel opens.
In fact, as explained in section 4.3.3, once a channel opens, the device reacts increasing the output voltage and the voltage across the working current generators may reach the shorted
LED detection threshold before the open channel detection threshold.
6.4.8
For the compensation network, the suggestions provided in Section 6.1
are always valid.
In this condition, tentatively the following value of R3 and C8 (see
) are usually a good choice for the loop stability:
R
3
= 2.4 k
Ω
C
8
= 4.7 nF
Boost current limit
The boost current limit is set to protect the internal power switch against excessive current.
The slope compensation may reduce the programmed current limit. Hence, to take into account this effect, as a rule of thumb, the current limit can be set as twice as much the
maximum inductor peak current (see Section 6.4.4
I
BOOST, PEAK
> 2.09 A
Therefore, using equation (8) and choosing I
BOOST, PEAK
= 2.5 A, R
BILIM
will be:
Equation 41
R
BILIM
=
K
B
I
BOOST , PEAK
=
240 k
Ω
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, there are several contributions to the total power dissipation.
Neglecting the power dissipated by the LDO (surely less significant compared with the other contributions), equation (19), (21), (22) and (23) help to estimate the overall power dissipation.
Before starting the power dissipation estimate it is important to highlight that the following calculations are considering the worst case (the actual value of the dissipated power would require measurements). Therefore the power dissipation is estimated according to the following assumptions:
1.
Minimum input voltage (9.6 V), which leads to maximum input current (and also D will have the higher value, see
);
R
DS(on)
of the internal power MOSFET;
3. LEDs in the row of the leading generator will have the maximum forward voltage, whereas all other LEDs in the other rows will have the minimum forward voltage.
4. 100 % dimming signal duty cycle is considered.
The conduction and switching losses on the internal power switch can be calculated as:
Equation 42
P
D , cond
=
R
DSon
⋅
I
2
IN
⋅
D
⋅
D
DIM
=
34 mW
Equation 43
P
D , sw
=
V
OUT
⋅
I
IN
⋅ f sw
⋅
( t r
+
2 t f
)
⋅
D
DIM
=
111 mW where t r
= t f
= 15 ns
The power dissipation related to the current generators is given by:
Equation 44
P
GEN , Master
=
I
ROW
⋅
V
IFB
⋅
D
DIM
=
8 mW
Equation 45
P
GEN
=
I
ROW
⋅
( n
ROWs
−
1
)
⋅
(
V
IFB
+ Δ
V f , LEDs
⋅ n
LEDs
)
⋅
D
DIM
=
360 mW
Equation 46
P
D , tot
≅
P
D , cond
+
P
D , sw
+
P
GEN , Master
+
P
GEN
=
513 mW
The junction temperature can be estimated by equation (18) considering T
A
= 25 °C:
Equation 47
T
J
=
T
Amb
+
R th , JA
⋅
P
D , tot
=
46 .
5
°
C
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In order to estimate also the efficiency, other contributions to the power dissipation must be added to P
D, tot
(which represents only the power dissipated by the device), that is:
Equation 48
P
DISS , Diode
=
V
F , Diode
⋅
I
IN
⋅
D
2
=
34 .
5 mW where V
F, Diode
= 0.4 V
Equation 49
P
DISS , Ind
=
DCR
⋅
I
2
Ind , RMS
≅
DCR
⋅
I
2
IN
=
11 .
2 mW where DCR = 80 mΩ (typical DCR of the recommended inductors).
Therefore the total dissipated power is:
Equation 50
P
DISS , TOTAL
=
P
D , tot
+
P
DISS , Diode
+
P
DISS , Ind
=
559 .
1 mW
Considering the input power as the result of input voltage multiplied by the input current, the estimated efficiency is:
Equation 51
η =
P
IN
−
P
DISS , TOT
P
IN
=
0 .
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Note: It is important to remind that the previous calculations consider the worst case, especially for the power dissipated on the current generators.
Statistical analysis (confirmed by bench measurements) shows that the series connection of more LEDs on each channel leads to compensation effects.
The hypothesis 3 above mentioned is thus rather unlikely.
Therefore P
GEN
is significantly lower and the overall efficiency is typically around 90 %.
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LED7706 Application information
1.
A careful PCB layout is important for proper operation. In this section some guidelines are provided in order to achieve a good layout.
2. The device has two different ground pins: signal ground (SGND) and power ground
(PGND). The PGND pin handles the switching current related to the boost section; for this reason the PCB traces should be kept as short as possible and with adequate width.
3. The signal ground is the return for the device supply and the current generators and can be connected to the thermal pad.
4. The heat dissipation area (adequate to the application conditions) should be placed backside respect to the device and with the lowest thermal impedance possible (i.e.
PCB traces in the backside should be avoided). The dissipation area is thermally and electrically connected to the thermal pad by several vias (nine vias are recommended).
5. The signal and power grounds must be connected together in a single point as close as possible to the PGND pin to reduce ground loops.
6. The R-C components of the compensation network should be placed as close as possible to the COMP pin in order to avoid noise issue and instability of the compensation.
7. Noise sensitive signals (i.e. feedbacks and compensation) should be routed as short as possible to minimize noise collection. The LED7706 pinout makes it easy to separate power components (e.g. inductor, diode) from signal ones.
8. The LX switching node should have and adequate width for high efficiency.
9. The critical power path inductor-LX-PGND must be as short as possible by mounting the inductor, the diode and COUT as close as possible each other.
10. The capacitors of the compensated divider connected to the OVSEL pin should be placed as close as possible to the OVSEL pin.
11. In order to assure good performance in terms of row current accuracy/mismatch, the
PCB traces from the rows pins to the LEDs should have similar length and width.
12. The capacitors of the filter connected to LDO5 and VIN pins should be mounted as close as possible to the mentioned pins
and
Figure 22 shows the demonstration board layout (top view and bottom view
respectively).
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Application information
Figure 21.
Demonstration board layout (top view)
LED7706
Figure 22.
Demonstration board layout (bottom view)
shows the LED7706 demonstration board application circuit, whereas Table 9
lists the used components and their value.
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Figure 23.
LED7706 demonstration board schematic
Application information
AM00609v1
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Table 9.
Component
LED7706 demonstration board component list
Description Package Part number
C1
Ceramic, 35V
X5R, 20%
Ceramic, 50V
X7R, 20%
SMD 1210
SMD 1206
SMD 1206
UMK325BJ106KM-T
GRM31CR71H225KA88B
GRM31CR71H225KA88B
R12
R13
L1
D1
D2
D3
R5
R6
R7
R8
R9, R10
R11
C10
C11
C12
C13
R1
R2
R3
R4
C2,C3
C4
C5
C6
C7
C8
C9
U1
J2
J8
SW1, SW2
SW3
Ceramic, 25V
X5R, 20%
Chip resistor
0.1 W, 1%
Chip resistor
0.1 W, 1%
SMD 0603
SMD 0603
SMD 0603
6u8, 75 m
Ω, 2.7 A
6x6 mm
Schottky, 40 V, 1 A DO216-AA
Red LED, 3 mA
Signal Schottky
SMD 0603
SOD-523
QFN4x4 Integrated circuit
PCB pad jumper
Header 8
Jumper 3
Push button
SIL 8
SIL 3
6x6 mm
LPS6235-682MLC
STPS1L40M
LED7706
FSM4JSMAT
MFR Value
Taiyo Yuden
Murata
Standard
Standard
Standard
Coilcraft
ST
Standard
BAS69
ST
10 µF
2.2 µF
N.M.
1 µF
100 nF
3.3 nF
4.7 nF
N.M.
220 pF
4.7 nF
N.M.
15 pF
510 k
Ω
16 k
Ω
2.4 k
Ω
4.7
Ω
330 k
Ω
51 k
Ω
180 k
Ω
680 k
Ω
100 k
Ω
1.2 k
Ω
N.M.
N.M.
6.8 µF
STPS1L40M
N.M.
LED7706
Standard
Standard
TYCO
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LED7706 Electrical characteristics
Figure 24.
Efficiency versus DIM duty cycle,
V
IN
= 6 V, 6 rows, 10 white LEDs
(20 mA) in series
Figure 25.
Efficiency versus DIM duty cycle,
V
IN
= 12 V, 6 rows, 10 white LEDs
(20 mA) in series
Figure 26.
Efficiency versus DIM duty cycle,
V
IN
= 18 V, 6 rows, 10 white LEDs
(20 mA) in series
Figure 27.
Efficiency versus DIM duty cycle,
V
IN
= 24 V, 6 rows, 10 white LEDs
(20 mA) in series
Figure 28.
Soft-start waveforms (EN, SS, and
V
OUT
monitored)
Figure 29.
Boost section switching signals
(LX, SYNC and inductor current monitored), V
IN
= 12 V, 10 LEDs
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Electrical characteristics
Figure 30.
Dimming waveforms
(F
DIM
= 200 Hz)
LED7706
Figure 31.
Dimming waveforms (F
DIM
= 1 kHz)
Figure 32.
Dimming waveforms (F
DIM
= 5 kHz) Figure 33.
Dimming waveforms (F
DIM
= 20 kHz)
Figure 34.
Dimming waveforms
(T
DIM,ON
= 10 µs)
Figure 35.
Dimming waveforms with the minimum dimming on time (500 ns)
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LED7706
8 Package mechanical data
Package mechanical data
In order to meet environmental requirements, ST offers these devices in different grades of
ECOPACK
®
packages, depending on their level of environmental compliance. ECOPACK
® specifications, grade definitions and product status are available at: www.st.com
.
ECOPACK
®
is an ST trademark.
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Package mechanical data
Table 10.
VFQFPN-24 4 mm x 4 mm mechanical data mm
Dim.
Min.
Typ.
0.80
0.00
D
D2
E
E2
A
A1
A3 b e
L ddd
0.18
3.85
2.40
3.85
2.40
0.30
4.00
2.50
4.00
2.50
0.90
0.02
0.20
0.25
0.50
0.40
Figure 36. Package dimensions
Max.
1.00
0.05
0.30
4.15
2.60
4.15
2.60
0.50
0.08
LED7706
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LED7706 Revision history
Table 11.
Document revision history
Date
08-Feb-2008
09-Apr-2009
Revision
1
2
Changes
Initial release
,
Chapter 3 on page 7 and Chapter 3 on page 7
,
Chapter 3 on page 7 , Chapter 3 on page 7
, Table 4 , Table 5 ,
, Figure 4 ,
,
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