Supertex inc.
HV858
Tri-EL Lamp Driver IC
General Description
Features
ꢀ Tri-EL lamp driver with common terminal
ꢀ Independent brightness control for all 3 lamps
ꢀ 1.8V to 6.5V Operating Supply Voltage
ꢀ Output voltage regulation
The Supertex HV858 is a high voltage triple EL lamp driver
designed for driving combined EL lamps of up to 3.0 in2
(1.0 in2 each). The input supply voltage range is from 1.8V
to 6.5V. The device is designed such that the input voltage
to the inductor can be different from the input voltage to the
device (split supply). The device uses a single inductor and
a minimum number of passive components. The nominal
regulated output voltage that is applied to the EL lamp is
±±5V. The HV858 has two internal oscillators, one for the
internal switching MOSFET, and the other for the high voltage
EL lamp driver. The EL lamp frequency is fixed internally at
500Hz. The power converter oscillator runs 256 times faster
than the EL lamp driver at 128kHz.
ꢀ Two-pin serial data communication for control
ꢀ Linear brightness control with seven steps at constant
efficiency
ꢀ 128kHz Fixed Switching Frequency
ꢀ Split supply capability
ꢀ Patented high efficiency EL lamp driver
ꢀ Single miniature inductor drives all 3 lamps
ꢀ Only 4 external components
ꢀ Burst mode power converter for best efficiency
ꢀ CMOS compatible serial interface with noise rejection
ꢀ 150nA max. leakage current when disabled
ꢀ Power-on reset causes all outputs to be off when first
powered up
An external inductor is connected between the L and V
pins (or between the L pin and separate voltageXsource DinD
the case of a split suppXly application). A 0.002-0.01µF, 100V
capacitor is connected between the C pin and ground.
The switching MOSFET charges the extsernal inductor and
discharges it into the capacitor at the Cs pin. The voltage at
Cs will start to increase. Once the voltage at Cs reaches a
nominal value of ±5V, the switching MOSFET is turned OFF
to conserve power.
ꢀ Small 10-pin MSOP package
ꢀ 10-pin DFN/MLP package (0.8mm thickness)
Applications
One side of the 3 EL lamps is connected to the Com pin of
HV858 and the other side to the EL1, EL2, and EL3 pins of the
HV858. Each ELlamp output may be independently controlled
to have one of the 7 brightness levels or can be completely
turned OFF by a 10-bit serial data input register. The 10-bit
control code has 3 bits to control the brightness level of each
ELLamp and one bit to optionally control the power converter.
The 3-bit binary brightness control code controls the number
of 500Hz cycles (from 0 to 7) in a group of 7 cycles.
ꢀ Mulit-segment, variable displays
ꢀ Cell phone keypads and displays
ꢀ MP3 players
ꢀ Watches
Typical Application Circuit
LX
D
+
VIN
CIN
CS
-
LX
1
CS
10
9
Com
2
GND
VDD
SDI
EL3 8
EL Lamp 3
EL Lamp 2
EL Lamp 1
3
+
EL2
7
4
VDD
CDD
-
EL1
6
5 SCK
HV858
Serial Data in
Clock
A011706
A011706
Supertex inc. 1235 Bordeaux Drive, Sunnyvale, CA ±408± Tel: (408) 222-8888 FAX: (408) 222-48±5 www.supertex.com
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