PRODUCT DATASHEET
AAT1281
TM
SwitchReg
2A Driver IC for High Intensity LED Camera Flash
Functional Block Diagram
VIN
SW
OUT
CB
FLOUTA
FLOUTB
POK
FLEN
Control
EN/SET
RSET CT AGND
PGND
FLGND
be obtained by programming through the AS2Cwire
interface.
Functional Description
The AAT1281 is a high power, 2A Flash LED driver. This
device utilizes a highly efficient inductive step-up con-
verter to achieve the desired output voltage (Super
Capacitor voltage, 5.5V). The current of two output
channels are regulated evenly and discharged from the
output Super Capacitor, mainly for camera flash applica-
tions. The maximum flash current is set by an external
resistor, RSET, which also sets the maximum movie-mode
current. The maximum movie-mode current is equal to
the maximum programmed flash current reduced by the
flash-to-movie-mode ratio with the default value set to
1:7.3. A flash pulse is initiated by strobing the FLEN
input pin low-to-high, which initiates a flash pulse and
also starts the internal safety timer. The maximum flash
time is determined by an external timing capacitor con-
nected to the CT pin. The flash duration can be set from
50ms up to a maximum of 1s. The flash timer will termi-
nate the flash current regardless of the status of the
FLEN pin. This can be either used as a simple flash tim-
ing pulse or can be used as a safety timer in the event
of a control logic malfunction to prevent the LEDs from
over-heating.
When the AAT1281 is enabled, the step-up convertor
operates at 2MHz switching and charged up the Super
Capacitor to 5.5V in seconds. As soon as the Super
Capacitor reaches 5.5V, the AAT1281 automatically
changes to light load mode operation to maintain output
regulation at light load or no load condition. This is dis-
continuous mode operation, and is normal behavior for a
switching regulator. At this point, the LEDs are ready to
be flashed.
During the flash, the boost engine is shut down, and the
two LEDs connected to its corresponding current channel
(FLOUTA or FLOUTB) share the output current supplied
by the Super Capacitor equally. (The duration of the
flash will be further discussed in the Applications
Information section of this datasheet.) In applications
where only one LED is connected to either FLOUTA or
FLOUTB, the unused current channel must be directly
connected to OUT, thereby disabling that channel. For
the single ultra bright LED application which requires
doubling the flash current, the two current channels can
be connected together which allow this ultra bright single
LED getting the full output current (please check with
the LED specification from LED suppliers).
If the safety timer is not needed in the application, it
can be disabled by connecting the CT pin directly to
AGND. Further adjustments to the timeout period can
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