6277
8-BIT SERIAL-INPUT,
CONSTANT-CURRENT
LATCHED LED DRIVER
Applications Information
The load current per bit (IO) is set by the external resistor
(REXT) as shown in the figure below.
0.7 V per diode) for a group of drivers. If the available
voltage source will cause unacceptable dissipation and
series resistors or diode(s) are undesirable, a regulator
such as the Sanken Series SAI or Series SI can be used to
provide supply voltages as low as 3.3 V.
140
VCE = 0.7 V
120
100
80
60
40
20
0
For reference, typical LED forward voltages are:
White
Blue
Green
Yellow
Amber
Red
3.5 – 4.0 V
3.0 – 4.0 V
1.8 – 2.2 V
2.0 – 2.1 V
1.9 – 2.65 V
1.6 – 2.25 V
1.2 – 1.5 V
Infrared
Pattern Layout. This device has separate logic-ground
and power-ground terminals. If ground pattern layout
contains large common-mode resistance, and the voltage
between the system ground and the LATCH ENABLE or
CLOCK terminals exceeds 2.5 V (because of switching
noise), these devices may not operate correctly.
5 k
2 k
3 k
100
200
300
500
700
1 k
CURRENT-CONTROL RESISTANCE, R
EXT IN OHMS
Dwg. GP-061-1
Package Power Dissipation (PD). The maximum allow-
able package power dissipation is determined as
PD(max) = (150 - TA)/RθJA
.
The actual package power dissipation is
PD(act) = dc(VCE • IO • 8) + (VDD • IDD).
V
LED
When the load supply voltage is greater than 3 V to 5 V,
considering the package power dissipating limits of these
devices, or if PD(act) > PD(max), an external voltage
reducer (VDROP) should be used.
V
DROP
Load Supply Voltage (VLED). These devices are de-
signed to operate with driver voltage drops (VCE) of 0.4 V
to 0.7 V with LED forward voltages (VF) of 1.2 V to
4.0 V. If higher voltages are dropped across the driver,
package power dissipation will be increased significantly.
To minimize package power dissipation, it is recom-
mended to use the lowest possible load supply voltage or
to set any series dropping voltage (VDROP) as
V
F
V
CE
Dwg. EP-064
VDROP = VLED - VF - VCE
with VDROP = Io • RDROP for a single driver, or a Zener
diode (VZ), or a series string of diodes (approximately
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