CS1680
Dimmable LED Driver IC
for Low-voltage Lighting
Features
Overview
The CS1680 is a cascade boost-buck dimmable LED
driver for the 12V halogen lamp-replacement market.
The CS1680 uses a Cirrus Logic proprietary intelligent
digital control that provides exceptional single-lamp and
multi-lamp transformer compatibility for non-dimmer sys-
tems and dimmer systems paired with electronic and
magnetic low-voltage transformers.
• Best-in-class Transformer Compatibility
-Magnetic Transformers
-Electronic Transformers
• Best-in-class Dimmer Compatibility
-Leading-edge (TRIAC) Dimmers
-Trailing-edge Dimmers
• High Efficiency
-Up to 80% for CS1680-00 Applications
-Up to 83% for CS1680-02 Applications
The CS1680 integrates a continuous conduction mode
(CCM) boost converter that provides transformer com-
patibility and dimmer compatibility. An adaptive digital
algorithm controls the boost stage and dimmer compati-
bility operation mode to enable flicker-free operation
down to 5% output current with leading-edge and trail-
ing-edge dimmers.
• Flicker-free Dimming
• 5% Minimum Dimming Level
• Cascade Boost-buck Topology with Constant-current
Output
-CS1680-00 Output Voltage 15V
-CS1680-02 Output Voltage 21V
• Fast Startup
Applications
• MR16 Lamps
• All 12VAC/VDC Low-voltage Lighting Applications
• Tight LED Current Regulation: Better than ±10%
• >0.9 Power Factor on Magnetic Transformers
• Soft Start
• Protections:
-Output Open/Short
-Boost Overvoltage
Ordering Information
-Overcurrent Detection
-External Overtemperature Using NTC
See page 15.
LBST
Vrect
VBST
LED +
DBST
Rrect
R2
RBST
RCLAMP
CBST
DBUCK
COUT
15
14
VAC
D1
D3
D5
R1
LBUCK
BSTOUT
D6
LED -
QCLAMP
11
Q1
CLAMP
QBST
5
BSTGD
R4
R5
C2
CS1680
Q2
9
Crect
BUCKZCD
BUCKGD
12VAC/VDC
6
7
C5
VDD
QBUCK
U1
12
GPIO
13
2
BUCKSENSE
eOTP
3
R3
BSTSENSE
D2
D4
C1
C3
Z2
C4
Z1
RS
RBUCK(Sense)
CNTC
CTRL1
GND
CTRL2
RBST(Sense)
NTC
16
RCTRL1
4
1
RCTRL2
Cirrus Logic, Inc.
http://www.cirrus.com
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OCT’14
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