SC614
Low Noise Backlight and Flash
Driver With Serial Interface
POWER MANAGEMENT
POWER MANAGEMENT
Description
Features
The SC614 is a high efficiency charge pump LED driver Four independent current sinks for main backlight,
using Semtech’s proprietary mAhXLifeTM technology.
adjustable from 0.4mA to 32mA each
Performance is optimized for use in Li-ion battery Dedicated MDIM pin for PWM dimming of main
applications.
backlight
Three independent current sinks for sub-backlight
or flash, adjustable from 0.4mA to 102mA each
Each of 7 LED currents can be programmed via the
I2C serial control bus. M1 through M4 are for LED Configurable sub-backlight or flash sinks
backlighting of LCD main displays. S1/FL3 through Dedicated SDIM pin for PWM dimming of sub-
S3/FL1 can be used for backlighting sub displays and/
backlight
or for driving flash LEDs. These three current sinks are Dedicated FL pin for flash control
configurable over the I2C interface for any combination Current accuracy to within ±1.5% down to 4.8mA
of pins for sub or flash use.
Current matching to within ±0.5% down to 4.8mA
Very high efficiency over 90% of battery life
The charge pump automatically selects an operating Shutdown current 0.1μA (typ)
mode based on the number of active loads, input Three charge pump operating modes: 1x, 1.5x,
voltage, and load currents required. Any combination of
and 2x
LED drivers can be enabled at one time, allowing the I2C serial interface
SC614 to power any combination of backlight and flash Soft-start/in-rush current limiting
required by the application.
1.33MHz and 250kHz programmable fixed
frequency options
Two dedicated pins, MDIM and SDIM, are provided to Short-circuit/thermal protection
allow PWM dimming of the main and sub-backlights and Output open circuit protection
one dedicated pin, FL, allows direct control of the flash. MLPQ-24 package (4mm x 4mm), fully WEEE and
All three pins can be utilized without having to use the
RoHS compliant
I2C interface once the registers are set up.
Applications
Cellular phone backlighting and flash
LCD modules
PDA backlighting and flash
RGB LED Driver
The enable pin can be used to put the device in
low-current shutdown mode drawing 0.1μA (typ), or a reg-
ister can be written that sets the device in a sleep mode
that reduces the current to 50μA (typ).
Typical Application Circuit
MAIN BACKLIGHT
FLASH
VBAT
VLOGIC
U1
328mA Max Continuous
434mA Max (500ms)
11
9
VIN
VOUT
VOUT
17
16
VIN
R1
R2
Pull-up
C1
C2
1u
Pull-up
D1
D2
D3
D4
D5
2u2
LED
LED
LED
LED
LED
2
3
4
EN
EN
32mA Max
32mA Max
32mA Max
32mA Max
306mA Max.
1
M1
M2
SDIM
MDIM
SDIM
MDIM
24
23
22
20
19
18
M3
SC614
M4
7
8
SDA
SCL
SDA
SCL
S1/FL3
S2/FL2
S3/FL1
6
FL
FL
5
12
21
ASEL
GND
GND
Note: R1 and R2
pull-up resistors are a
requirement of the I2C
specification
C3 1u
C4 1u
April 28, 2006
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United States Patent No. 6,504,422
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