Design Example Report
20 W and 30 W Boost Converters with
Constant Current Output using DPA423G
and DPA424G
Title
Input: 24 VDC
Specification Board #1 Output: 40 V / 500 mA CC
Board #2 Output: 60 V / 500 mA CC
Application
Author
LED (RGB) Backlight for LCD TV
Power Integrations Applications Department
Document
Number
DER-112
Date
July 19, 2006
1.1
Revision
Summary and Features
• Boost Converter using DPA423 (20 W) and DPA424 (30 W)
• Simple Low Component Count
• High Efficiency (> 90 %)
• CC/CV (Constant Current and Constant Voltage)
• 400 KHz operation
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