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MAX20096/MAX20097
Dual-Channel Synchronous Buck, High-Brightness
LED Controller with and without SPI Interface
General Description
Benefits and Features
The MAX20096/MAX20097 are dual-channel, high-
voltage, synchronous n-channel high-current buck LED
drivers. The ICs use a proprietary average current-mode-
control scheme to regulate the inductor current. This
control method does not require any control-loop compen-
sation, maintaining nearly constant switching frequency.
Inductor current sense is achieved by sensing the current
in the bottom switching device. The ICs integrate two fully
synchronous buck-converter controllers, and operate over
a wide 4.5V to 65V input range. The ICs are designed for
high-frequency operation and can operate at switching
frequencies as high as 1MHz.
● Integration Minimizes BOM for High-Brightness LED
Driver, Saving Space and Cost
• Wide 4.5V to 65V Input Voltage Range
• No Compensation Components
• Programmable Switching Frequency
• External MOSFETs that are Sizable for the
Appropriate Current
● Wide Dimming Ratio Allows High-Contrast Ratio
• Analog Dimming
• PWM Dimming
● Suitable for Matrix Lighting
• Maintains Current Regulation While Shorting/
Opening Individual LEDs in the String
• Ultra-Fast Response Control Loop Prevents
Overshoots and Undershoots
In the MAX20096, the output voltages and currents on
both channels and the junction temperature can be read
back through the SPI interface. Protection features include
inductor current-limit protection, overvoltage protection,
and thermal shutdown. The MAX20096 is available in a
space-saving thermally enhanced (5mm x 5mm), 32-pin
side-wettable TQFN package and is specified to operate
over the -40°C to +125°C automotive temperature range.
● Protection Features and Wide Temperature Range
Increase System Reliability
• Short Circuit, Overvoltage, and Thermal Protection
• -40ºC to +125ºC Operating Temperature Range
• Thermal Monitor and LED Current Monitor
The MAX20097 is available in a 28-pin thermally enhanced
TSSOP package, but does not have the SPI interface. It
includes an open-drain fault flag (FLTB) that goes low
in case of an open string, shorted string, or overvoltage
activation in any one of the channels, or also in thermal
shutdown.
● Fault Diagnosis Through SPI Interface and Through
FLTB Pin for Applications without SPI Interface
Applications
● Automotive Exterior Lighting
Ordering Information appears at end of data sheet.
• High-Beam/Low-Beam/Signal/Position Lights
• Daytime Running Lights (DRLs)
• Fog Light and Adaptive Front Light Assemblies
● Commercial, Industrial, and Architectural Lighting
19-100097; Rev 2; 2/19