SC667
7 LED Light Management Unit
Automatic Dropout Prevention, Ambient Light
Sense Input, PWM Dimming, and 4 LDOs
POWER MANAGEMENT
Features
Description
Seven LED backlight sinks with 32 current settings
from 0mA to 25mA
Up to four LED backlight banks
The SC667 is a highly integrated light management unit
that provides programmable current for up to seven LED
current sinksꢀ Four LED banks are provided to allow set-
tings for various LED zones or indicatorsꢀ Four low-noise
LDOs with programmable outputs ranging from 1ꢀ2V to 3ꢀ3V
and 200mA maximum output current are also includedꢀ
Lighting effects — fade-in/fade-out, breathe, blink,
auto-dim full, and auto-dim partial functions
ADP (Automatic Dropout Prevention) for backlights
ALS (Ambient Light Sense) option sets the backlight
brightness according to ambient lighting conditions
I2C Bus fast mode and standard mode
IRQ (Interrupt request) — open-drain output indi-
cates a change of state for the ALS
Backlight current accuracy — 1ꢀ5ꢁ typical
Backlight current matching — 0ꢀ5ꢁ typical
Four programmable 200mA low-noise LDO regulators
PWM interface (200Hz to 50kHz) with internal digital
low-pass filter
ADP limits the maximum LED current to a level that ensures
the LEDs maintain matched currents when the supply
voltage approaches dropoutꢀThis feature produces accept-
able light output at low supply voltage levels without
requiring a boost converter or charge pumpꢀ
Two interfaces are provided for design flexibilityꢀ The I2C
interface controls the LED on/off functions, assigns the
LEDs to backlight banks, programs the LED currents, pro-
grams the lighting effects, enables the LDOs, and sets the
LDO output voltagesꢀ The PWM interface reduces the
current setting for LED bank #1 by a factor equal to the duty
cycle of the applied PWM signalꢀ A filter at the PWM input
converts the pulsed signal to a DC current level, resulting in
less switching noise compared to pulsed current methodsꢀ
Automatic sleep mode with all LEDs off
Shutdown current — 0ꢀ1µA typical
Ultra-thin package — 3 x 3 x 0ꢀ6 (mm)
Lead-free and halogen-free
WEEE and RoHS compliant
Applications
The ADI input translates the voltage from an external ALS
(Ambient Light Sensor) into a digitized code using a sigma-
delta ADCꢀ This block includes level detection to adjust the
current setting of bank #1 with two different programmable
levels based on the ambient light levelꢀ An interrupt output
transitions low to notify the host processor that a level
adjustment has been madeꢀ
Cellular phones, smart phones, and PDAs
LCD modules
Portable media players and digital cameras
Personal navigation devices
Display/keypad backlighting and LED indicators
Typical Application Circuit
VIN
VIN
CIN
SC667
2.9 to 5.5V
IN
BL1
BL2
GND
BL3
BL4
BL5
BL6
BL7
RSDA
RSCL
I2C Data
I2C Clock
SDA
SCL
VDD
R1
Backlight PWM
Device Enable
VLDO4
PWM
EN
IRQ
Flag for ALS
LDO1
LDO2
LDO3
LDO4
LDO1
LDO2
LDO3
LDO4
ADI
BYP
CBYP
C1
C2
C3
C4
Ambient Light Sensor
May 21, 2010
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