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MAX20056B
Integrated, 6-Channel High-Brightness LED Driver
with Very Wide PWM Dimming Ratio and Phase
Shifting for Automotive Displays
General Description
Benefits and Features
● Robust with Respect to EMC and Automotive Battery
The MAX20056B is a 6-channel LED driver that
integrates a DC-DC switching boost/SEPIC controller and
six 120mAcurrent sinks. Acurrent-mode switching DC-DC
controller provides the necessary voltage to the strings of
HB LEDs.
Transients
• Wide 4.5V to 42V Input Operating Range Powers
HB LEDs for Medium-to-Large-Sized LCD Displays
in Automotive and Display Backlight Applications
• Withstands Automotive Load-Dump Events Up to 52V
• Integrated Spread Spectrum
An internal current-mode switching DC-DC controller
supports boost, SEPIC, or coupled-inductor buck-boost
topologies and operates in a programmable frequency
range between 400kHz and 2.2MHz. Current-mode control
provides fast response and simplifies loop compensation.
An adaptive output-voltage-adjustment scheme minimizes
power dissipation in the LED current sinks.
● Spread-Spectrum Mode Reduces Emission at the
Switching Frequency and its Harmonics
• EMI Reduction Features Include Spread-Spectrum
Modulation (±6% of the Switching Frequency Set
by a Resistor Connected Between RT and SGND)
● Phase-Shift Dimming of LED Strings
An external resistor sets the channel currents to the
same value in the range of 20mA to 120mA. The
device features logic-controlled pulse-width modulation
(PWM) dimming with minimum pulse widths as low as
500ns, and either phase-shifted LED strings or standard
dimming control. When phase shifting is enabled, each
string is turned on at a different time, reducing the input
and output ripple as well as audible noise. With phase
shifting disabled, each current sink is turned on at the
same time and allows parallel connection of current sinks
for > 120mA per string.
• Reduced Input and Output Ripple/Audible Noise
● Wide Contrast Ratio Ideal for High-Quality TFT and
Head-Up Displays
• PWM Dimming Ratio of 10,000:1 at 200Hz
● Robust with Respect to Temperature and Fault
Conditions
• LED-Open/Short Detection
• Overtemperature Protection
• Low Shutdown Current (< 15μA) through Enable Pin
• Thermally Enhanced 24-Pin TSSOP Package
• -40°C to +125°C AEC-Q100 compliance
Applications
● Automotive Dashboards
● Automotive Central Information Displays
● Automotive Head-Up Displays
● Automotive Navigation Systems
Ordering Information appears at end of data sheet.
Simplified Schematic
D1
L1
VIN
COUT
R1
CIN
N1
NDRV
CS
IN
RG
ENABLE
EN
RSC
PWM DIM
FAULT
DIM
RCS
R2
FLT
MAX20056B
PSEN
VCC
OVP
OUT1
R3
R4
C1
RSDT
OUT2
OUT3
OUT4
OUT5
OUT6
ISET
COMP
RT
RCOMP
CCOMP
RISET
SGND
PGND
LEDGND
RRT
CX
19-100423; Rev 4; 9/19