Rev 0; 3/06
Single-Channel Automotive CCFL Controller
General Description
Features
ꢀ Single-Channel CCFL Controller for Backlighting
LCD Panels and Instrument Clusters in
The DS3881 is a single-channel cold-cathode fluores-
cent lamp (CCFL) controller for automotive applications
that provides up to 300:1 dimming. It is ideal for driving
CCFLs used to backlight liquid crystal displays (LCDs)
in navigation and infotainment applications and for dri-
ving CCFLs used to backlight instrument clusters. The
DS3881 is also appropriate for use in marine and avia-
tion applications.
Automotive Navigation/Infotainment Applications
ꢀ Minimal External Components Required
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ꢀ I C Interface
ꢀ Per-Channel Lamp-Fault Monitoring for Lamp-
Open, Lamp-Overcurrent, Failure to Strike, and
Overvoltage Conditions
The DS3881 features EMI suppression functionality and
provides a lamp current overdrive mode for rapid lamp
heating in cold weather conditions. The DS3881 sup-
ports a single lamp configuration with fully independent
lamp control and minimal external components.
Multiple DS3881 controllers can be cascaded to sup-
port applications requiring more than one lamp. Control
of the DS3881, after initial programming setup, can be
ꢀ Status Register Reports Fault Conditions
ꢀ Accurate (±±5% Independent On-Board Oscillators
for Lamp Frequency (40kHz to 100kHz% and DPWM
Burst-Dimming Frequency (22.±Hz to 440Hz%
ꢀ Lamp and DPWM Frequencies can be
Synchronized with External Sources to Reduce
Visual LCD Artifacts in Video Applications
ꢀ Spread-Spectrum Lamp Clock Reduces EMI
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completely achieved through I C* software communi-
cation. Many DS3881 functions are also pin-controllable
if software control is not desired.
ꢀ Lamp Frequency can be Stepped Up or Down to
Move EMI Spurs Out of Band
ꢀ Lamp Current Overdrive Mode with Automatic
Turn-Off Quickly Warms Lamp in Cold
Temperatures
Applications
Automotive LCDs
Instrument Clusters
ꢀ Analog or Digital Brightness Control
Marine and Aviation LCDs
ꢀ 300:1 Dimming Range Possible Using the Digital
Brightness Control Option
Pin Configuration
ꢀ Programmable Soft-Start Minimizes Audible
Transformer Noise
TOP VIEW
ꢀ On-Board Nonvolatile (NV% Memory Allows Device
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24 FAULT
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A0
SDA
Customization
ꢀ 8-Byte NV User Memory for Storage of Serial
Numbers and Date Codes
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SCL
GA1
ꢀ Low-Power Standby Mode
LSYNC
LOSC
BRIGHT
PSYNC
POSC
A1
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CC
ꢀ 4.7±V to ±.2±V Single-Supply Operation
ꢀ Temperature Range: -40°C to +10±°C
ꢀ 24-Pin TSSOP Package
PDN
DS3881
LCO
GND
STEP
N.C.
Ordering Information
PART
TEMP RANGE
-40°C to +105°C
-40°C to +105°C
PIN-PACKAGE
GND_S 10
SVML 11
SVMH 12
OVD1
LCM1
DS3881E+
24 TSSOP (173 mils)
24 TSSOP (173 mils)
DS3881E+T&R
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CC
+Denotes lead-free package.
TSSOP
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*Purchase of I C components from Maxim Integrated Products, Inc., or one of its sublicensed Associated Companies, conveys a
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license under the Philips I C Patent Rights to use these components in an I C system, provided that the system conforms to the I C
Standard Specification as defined by Philips.
Typical Operating Circuit appears at end of data sheet.
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