TS19376

1A Step-down High Brightness LED Driver

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Version: A12

Application Information

Operation Description

mode buck converter.

sense circuit. Under this condition, the output of CS comparator is high. This turns on an internal switch and

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The high-side current-sensing scheme and on-board current-setting circuitry minimize the number of external

components while delivering LED current with ±5% accuracy, using a 1% sense resistor.

The TS19376 allow dimming with a PWM signal at the DIM input. A logic level below 0.3V at DIM forces TS19376

to turn off the LED and the logic level at DIM must be at least 2.0V to turn on the full LED current. The frequency of

PWM dimming ranges from 100Hz to more than 20 kHz.

The DIM pin is pulled high current approximately 70µA. It can be floated at normal working. When a voltage applied

to DIM falls below the threshold (0.3V nom.), the output switch is turned off. The internal regulator and voltage

reference remain powered during shutdown to provide the reference for the shutdown circuit.

Additionally, to ensure the reliability, the TS19376 is built with a thermal shutdown (TSD) protection and a thermal

pad. The TSD protests the IC from over temperature (150°C). Also the thermal pad enhances power dissip ation. As

a result, the TS19376 can handle a large amount of current safely.

Setting nominal average output current with external resistor RS

The nominal average output current in the LED(s) is determined by the value of the external current sense resistor

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to a less one by dimming.

Output current adjustment by PWM control

A Pulse Width Modulated (PWM) signal with duty cycle PWM can be applied to the DIM pin, as shown below, to

adjust the output current to a value below the nominal average value set by resistor RS:

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PWM dimming provides reduced brightness by modulating the LED’s forward current between 0% and 100%. The

LED brightness is controlled by adjusting the relative ratios of the on time to the off time. A 25% brightness level is

achieved by turning the LED on at full current for 25% of one cycle. To ensure this switching process between on

and off state is invisible by human eyes, the switching frequency must be greater than 100 Hz. Above 100 Hz, the

human eyes average the on and off times, seeing only an effective brightness that is proportional to the LED’s on-

time duty cycle. The advantage of PWM dimming is that the forward current is always constant; therefore the LED

color does not vary with brightness as it does with analog dimming. Pulsing the current provides precise brightness

control while preserving the color purity. The dimming frequency of TS19376 can be as high as 20 kHz.