A8515
Wide Input Voltage Range, High Efficiency
Fault Tolerant LED Driver
Description
Features and Benefits
• Wide input voltage range: 5 to 40 V
• Maximum LED current of 120 mA
TheA8515isamulti-outputwhiteLED(WLED)driverforLCD
backlighting in consumer and industrial displays. It integrates
• TSSOP-16 (LP) package; exposed pad offers best-in-class
thermal performance
• Typical LED accuracy of 0.5%, and 0.5% for
LED-to-LED matching
• Internal bias supply for single-supply operation (typically
between VIN = 8 to 24 V)
• Integrated boost converter with 60 V DMOS switch with
overvoltage protection (OVP)
• Drives up to 12 series LEDs in 2 parallel strings
• Single EN/PWM pin interface for both PWM dimming
and enable function
• Sync function to synchronize boost converter switching
frequencies up to 2.3 MHz, this gives the designer the
ability minimize component size
a current-mode boost converter with an internal power DMOS
switch and two current sinks. The boost converter can drive
up to 24 LEDs: 12 LEDs per string at 120 mA. The LED sinks
can be paralleled together to achieve higher LED currents,
up to 240 mA. The A8515 can operate from a single power
supply, from 5 to 40 V.
PWM dimming is implemented with an external PWM input
signal. The EN/PWM dimming pin is used to control the LED
intensity by using pulse width modulation.
The low, 720 mV regulation voltage on the LED current
sources reduces power loss and improves efficiency.
TheA8515 is provided in a 16-pinTSSOPpackage (suffix LP)
with an exposed thermal pad. It is lead (Pb) free, with 100%
matte tin leadframe plating.
• Provides driver for external PMOS input disconnect switch
• Protection features:
▫ Open or shorted VLED pin protection
▫ Open Schottky protection
▫ Cycle-by-cycle current limit
▫ Overtemperature protection (OTP)
Applications
▫ Output short circuit protection
• Desktop LCD flat panel displays (FPD)
• Flat panel video displays
• LCD TVs and monitors
Package: 16-pin TSSOP with exposed
thermal pad (suffix LP)
Not to scale
Typical Application Diagram
L1
10 μH
D1
2 A /60 V
V
IN
10 to 14 V
V
OUT
C
IN
C
OUT
NC
GATE
4.7 μF/ 50 V
SW
R
4.7 μF
OVP
VSENSE
VIN
VDD
158 kΩ
50 V
V
C
OVP
A8515
PAD
C
0.1 μF
VDD
100 kΩ
10 LEDs
each string
FAULT
EN/PWM
APWM
LED1
LED2
COMP
ISET
R
150 Ω
Z
Figure 1. Typical Application Circuit;
12 V input, output to 20 LEDs
(10 series LEDs in each of two
strings) at 120 mA each.
R
FSET
ISET
C
P
R
10 kΩ
8.25 kΩ
FSET
120 pF
AGND
PGND
C
Z
0.47 μF
A8515-DS, Rev. 2