iW3629
Two-Stage, Flickerless™ Digital Off-Line
LED Driver with High PF and Low THD
1 Description
The iW3629 is a high-performance AC/DC off-line digital power supply controller for LED luminaires up to 120W or
above. The two-stage design combines high power factor (PF > 0.95), low total harmonic distortion (THD <10%)
and negligible line frequency ripple (< 5%) to make the iW3629 ideal for high-power non-dimmable LED lamps and
luminaires.
The two-stage approach allows the first-stage boost converter to convert the rectified AC voltage (90VAC to 277VAC)
to an intermediate voltage while correcting for power factor. The second-stage flyback converter then provides the
constant current regulation to the LEDs. The combination of an active start-up circuit and fast yet smooth soft-start
for both boost and flyback stages results in a start-up time (AC plug-in to 90% of set LED current) of less than a half
second and fast power factor settling time.
The iW3629 operates in a quasi-resonant mode to provide high efficiency and uses Dialog’s PrimAccurate™
advanced primary-side sensing technology to achieve excellent line and load regulation without secondary-feedback
components. And, by using Dialog’s Flickerless™ technology, virtually all flicker is removed from the output. The
digital control algorithms used by the iW3629 maintain stability over all operating conditions without the need for any
external loop compensation components, minimizing the BOM cost.
2 Features
● Flickerless technology - removes virtually all flicker
● Supports universal, 90VAC-277VAC input voltage range
and output power up to 120W or above
● PrimAccurate primary-side sensing eliminates the
need for optocoupler feedback and simplifies design
● Two-stage design (boost and flyback)
● Tight LED current regulation (± 5%)
● Under 0.5s start-up time
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High PF (> 0.95) and low THD (< 10%) over entire
input voltage range and 50%-100% load current
● Under 5% 100Hz/120Hz output current ripple
● Hot-plug LED module support
● Multiple protection features:
● Quasi-resonant control for both boost and flyback
stages to achieve high efficiency
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LED open circuit protection
● Over-temperature derating protection with external
NTC to program derating start temperature
Single-fault protection
Over-current protection
● Fast yet smooth boost start-up scheme to achieve
short PF settling time
LED short-circuit protection
● Fast line transient response ensures minimal bulk
voltage overshoot within the capacitor safety limit
Current sense-resistor-short-circuit protection
Input over-voltage and brown-out protection
● Small size design
Internal junction temperature-based over-
temperature protection
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Small size input bulk capacitor
Small size output capacitor
Small transformer
3 Applications
● Non-dimmable LED lamps and luminaires
● Output power up to 120W or above
Product Summary
Rev. 1.2
06-Feb-2022
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