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Automotive Four-Switch Buck-Boost LED
MAX25603
Controller for Combination Head Lights
General Description
Benefits and Features
The MAX25603 is a synchronous four-switch, buck-
boost LED driver controller suitable for multifunction
automotive combination head lamps. The controller
regulates the LED current for LED string voltages from
0V to 60V. The MAX25603 can be used as a seamless
buck-boost LED driver for applications that require an
efficient buck-boost LED driver with synchronous
rectification. The MAX25603 is ideal for high-power
applications that require a current source with PWM
dimming capability.
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Automotive Ready: AEC-Q100 Qualified
Integration Minimizes BOM for High-Brightness LED
Driver, Saving Space and Reducing Cost
• Wide Input Voltage Range from 5V to 60V
• H-Bridge Single Inductor Buck-Boost Architecture
• Built-In Fast LED Current Limit During Transients
• Suitable for Dual-String Applications with Time-
Sharing
• 28-Pin TSSOP with EP Pad
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Full Featured Dual String Driver
• Analog and PWM Dimming on Both Channels
(EN1 and EN2)
• Analog Devices’ Proprietary Control Architecture
Limits LED Current Spikes and Spike Duration in
Dual-String Mode
• Flicker-Free PWM Dimming with Spread-
Spectrum
• Dual Integrated pMOS Dimming FET Gate Driver
The device provides seamless transition between buck,
boost, and buck-boost modes depending on the ratio of
input to output voltage. The MAX25603 is ideal for LED
driver applications in automotive, industrial, and other
LED lighting applications. A fault flag indicates open LED
or thermal shutdown conditions. The device uses Analog
Devices’ proprietary average-current-mode control
scheme and allows adjustable 200kHz to 440kHz fixed-
frequency operation. In addition, ±6% triangular spread-
spectrum is added internally to the oscillator to improve
EMI performance. The MAX25603 provides both analog
and digital PWM dimming in dual string applications with
time sharing. A single device can be used to power a
daytime running light (DRL), position light, high beam,
and low beam in an automotive front headlamp. The
MAX25603 integrates two high-side pMOS drivers for
PWM dimming applications that require fast rising and
falling edges of the LED current. It also features robust
output open and short protection, is AEC qualified, and
is suitable for automotive applications.
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Protection Features and Wide Temperature Range
Increase System Reliability
• Short Circuit, Overvoltage, and Thermal
Protection
• Fast LED Current Limit and Input Current Limiter
-40ºC to +150ºC Operating Junction-Temperature
Range
Ordering Information appears at end of data sheet
The MAX25603 uses Analog Devices’ proprietary
architecture to limit LED current overshoots and
overshoot durations during switchover in dual-string
applications in time-sharing mode. In multistring
applications in time-sharing mode, LED current
overshoots during switchover between strings is
minimized by an Analog Devices’ proprietary control
scheme.
Applications
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Combination Automotive Head Lamps
19-101257; Rev 0; 12/21
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