JAJSHR8G July 2008 – July 2019 LM3421 , LM3423
PRODUCTION DATA.
PWM dimming can be performed several ways:
Method 1: Connect the dimming MOSFET (Q3) with the drain to the nDIM pin and the source to AGND. Apply an external PWM signal to the gate of QDIM. A pulldown resistor may be necessary to properly turn off Q3.
Method 2: Connect the anode of a Schottky diode to the nDIM pin. Apply an external inverted PWM signal to the cathode of the same diode.
The DDRV pin should be connected to the gate of the dimFET with or without level-shifting circuitry as described in the PWM Dimming section. The dimFET should be rated to handle the average LED current and the nominal output voltage.