Programmable Current Backlight Driver
with Ambient Light Sensor Input
ADP5501
TYPICAL OPERATING CIRCUIT
FEATURES
Efficient asynchronous boost converter for driving up to
6 white LEDs
2.7 V to 5.5 V input voltage range
128 programmable backlight LED current levels (30 mA
maximum)
Programmable backlight fade-in/fade-out times
Programmable backlight dim and off times
Ambient light sensing with autonomous backlight
adjustment
1µF
2.7V TO 5.5V
4.7µH
1µF
2
22
23
SW
BST
BL_SNK
1
PGND
VBAT
VDDIO
20
CAP_OUT
21
I/O RAIL
1µF
16
19
18
24
GND
GND
GND
ADP5501
5
4
SCL
SDA
INT
100nF
VBAT
3 auxiliary LED current sinks
3
17
CMP_IN
RGB
64 programmable auxiliary LED current levels (14 mA
maximum)
15
RST
NC NC NC NC NC NC
LED1 LED2 LED0
Programmable auxiliary LED fade-in/fade-out times
Programmable auxiliary LED on and off times (allows
blinking)
6
7
8
9
10 11
12
13
14
3.3V
I2C-compatible serial interface
Figure 1.
Interrupt line for signaling an external processor (INT)
Hard reset (RST)
Current limit protection
Thermal overload protection
Available in small 4.0 mm × 4.0 mm, 24-lead LFCSP package
APPLICATIONS
Display backlight driver with ambient light sensor input and
control and multiple LED indicator sinks
The ADP5501 can detect ambient light levels and adjust the
backlight brightness accordingly, resulting in extended battery life.
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The ADP5501 is a versatile, single-chip, white LED backlight
driver with programmable ambient light sensor input and
programmable LED current. This device is designed for media-
enabled handset applications. The ADP5501 uses an I2C®-
compatible serial interface and a single line interrupt to
communicate with the host processor.
Once configured, the ADP5501 is capable of controlling the
display backlight intensity, on/off timing, dimming, and fading
without the intervention of the main processor, which translates
into valuable battery power savings. The three auxiliary LEDs
are also capable of fading and are timed on and off via register
programming.
Rev. 0
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