IS31BL3506B
Integrated Silicon Solution, Inc. – www.issi.com
Rev. A, 04/15/2013
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APPLICATION INFORMATION
INPUT AND OUTPUT CAP ACIT OR
A 2.2μF input capacitor is used to reduce input ripple
and noise, where the input ripple amplitude is inversely
proportional to the value of the input capacitance. The
input and output capacitors should be placed as close
to the device as possible, so as to reduce the effect of
voltage ripple. The value of the output capacitor is
dependent upon the output ripple. A 1μF or 0.22μF
ceramic capacitor with a 50V rating is sufficient for the
majority of applications.
INDUCTOR VALUE
The choice of the inductor value will affect the
performance of the device. Large value inductors will
reduce the current ripple in the inductor, thus reducing
output voltage ripple. However large value inductors of
the same current rating, typically also have larger DC
resistance, thus reducing the system efficiency. For the
majority of applications 4.7μH or 10μH is sufficient.
LED CURRENT SETPOINT
When the IS31BL3506B is used for LED driving
applications (Figure 1), the LED current flows through
the external feedback resistor RSET to regulate the LED
current. The internal feedback regulation point is 0.2V.
The maximum LED current may be calculated by the
following equation, (1).
SETFBMAX RVI / (1)
For accurate LED current, resistors should be 1% or
better tolerance.
LED INTENSITY CONTROL
EN PIN DIMMING
The EN pin of the IS31BL3506B can accept a PWM
signal to implement LED dimming (Figure 1). LED
current may be computed using the following equation,
(2).
PWMMAXLED DII (2)
IMAX is computed using equation (1). Recommended
PWM frequency is in the range of 500Hz ~ 500kHz. So
as to guarantee a reasonably good dimming effect, the
minimum duty cycle should be about 1%.
Driving the EN pin with a PWM signal can effectively
adjust the LED intensity. The PWM signal voltage
levels must meet the EN pin input voltage levels,
VEN_ON and VEN_OFF.
IS31BL3506B can also use a DC voltage or PWM
signal to directly control the LED current, and thus
provide fine adjustment for the LED intensity.
FB PIN DC VOLTAGE DIMMING
The schematic of Figure 4 show an example of using a
DC input voltage at the FB pin to implement LED
dimming. When the DC input voltage increases, the
current through R2 and R3 increases producing an
offset voltage across R2, thereby causing the LED
current to be reduced. The LED current may be
computed using the following equation, (3). VFB is 0.2V
(typ.).
SET
FBDC
FB
LED RRVVR
V
I3
2)(
(3)
When the DC voltage range is 0V~1.8V, a good value
for R2 is 56kΩ, and for R3 is 400kΩ.
FB PIN PWM DIMMING
A PWM signal connected to the FB pin can also be
used to directly control the LED current (Figure 5). A
low pass filter converts the PWM duty cycle to a DC
level, which is in turn summed together with the
feedback voltage of RSET to effectively reduce the
LED current proportionally. Due to the filtering of the
PWM signal, the frequency of the PWM signal can
have an affect on the output voltage ripple. For a PWM
signal input signal of 2.8V, the recommended
frequency is greater than 2kHz. Using a fixed
frequency PWM signal and adjusting the PWM duty
cycle effectively adjusts the LED intensity. LED current
may be computed using the following equation, (4).
VFB is 0.2V (typ.).
SET
FBPWM
FB
LED RRR VDutyVR
V
I34
2)(
(4)
For a PWM signal range of 0V~1.8V, a suitable value
for R2 is 56kΩ, R3 is 200kΩ, R4 is 200kΩ. To ensure
good dimming effect, the minimum duty cycle is about
10%.
SETTING THE OUTPUT VOLTAGE
The IS31BL3506B can be configured to provide a
constant output voltage (Figure 3). The output voltage
level can be computed using the following equation,
(5). The device internal VFB is 0.2V (typ).
SETSETFBOUT RRRVV /
1
(5)
OVERVOLTAGE THRESHOLD
Device open circuit protection is realized using the
overvoltage protection function (OVP). If the output
voltage surpasses the overvoltage threshold, the
overvoltage protection circuit is activated and the
device will stop working.