QUICK START GUIDE FOR DEMONSTRATION CIRCUIT 805
LOW NOISE HIGH CURRENT LED CHARGE PUMP
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LTC3216
DESCRIPTION
Demonstration circuit 805 is a low noise high current
LED charge pump featuring the LTC®3216 and the
LXCL-PWF1 Lumileds Luxeon Flash. The board is op-
timized for 800mA 300ms LED flash current or
200mA constant LED torch current with a single lith-
ium ion battery input voltage range of 2.9V to 4.4V or
three AAA batteries in series. The lithium ion battery
input voltage range, high LED flash current and sepa-
rate torch mode current setting, internal charge pump
switches, inductorless solution, minimal external
components, and simple design makes the LTC3216
is the top solution for space-constrained cellular tele-
phone camera flash solutions.
DC805 comes with three AAA batteries in series to
simulate the capabilities of a typical lithium ion cellu-
lar telephone battery. This portable board is turned on
and off by pressing the ON/OFF button. A TORCH but-
ton turns the LED on at 200mA for cellular telephone
video recording. The FLASH button flashes the LED at
800mA for 300ms for cellular telephone camera flash
operation. The buttons control the state of the PIC
microcontroller IC that is programmed with DC805
software. The PIC keeps the LED from being flashed
constantly, preventing overheating and burnout. The
PIC also controls the flash time. When no buttons are
pressed for a short time, the PIC turns off and the
circuit enters low-power mode for battery-life preser-
vation.
A red/green LED indicates the state of the PIC. The
LED is ready to flash or torch if the state indicator is
blipping green. If the indicator is not on, the PIC is
turned off. For a brief time after the flash has oc-
curred, the state-indicator LED is red, indicating that
another flash cannot happen, even if the button is
pressed, until the red LED is off and the green LED is
blipping again.
The LTC3216 datasheet gives a complete description
of the part, operation and applications information.
The datasheet must be read in conjunction with this
Quick Start Guide for demonstration circuit 805. In
addition, Lumileds Luxeon Flash datasheet featuring
LXCL-PWF1 (www.lumileds.com) must be read to
understand thermal and LED current constraints for
varying flash current pulse-widths and intensity. The
LTC3216 is assembled in a small low profile DFN
package. Proper board layout is essential for maxi-
mum thermal performance. See the datasheet section
‘Layout Considerations’.
Design files for this circuit board are available. Call
the LTC factory.
LTC is a trademark of Linear Technology Corporation
QUICK START PROCEDURE
Demonstration circuit 805 is easy to set up to evalu-
ate the performance of the LTC3216. Follow the pro-
cedure below:
NOTE:
Make sure that the input voltage does not ex-
ceed 5V if a source other than the three AAA batteries
is used.
NOTE:
If batteries are not used, do not hot-plug the
input voltage terminals VIN (+) and GND (-). The ab-
solute maximum voltage on VIN is 5V and hot-
plugging a power supply through wire leads to the
demonstration circuit can cause the voltage on the
extremely low-ESR ceramic input capacitor to ring to
twice its DC value.
See Application Note 88 for more
details.
NOTE:
Connect the three AAA batteries as indicated in
the battery pack with the polarity indicated on the
back of the PCB.