JAJSEX5B August 2010 – March 2018 LM3535
PRODUCTION DATA.
Efficiency of LED drivers is commonly taken to be the ratio of power consumed by the LEDs (PLED) to the power drawn at the input of the part (PIN). With a 3/2× – 1× charge pump, the input current is equal to the charge pump gain times the output current (total LED current). The efficiency of the LM3535 can be predicted as follow:
The LED voltage is the main contributor to the charge-pump gain selection process. Use of low forward-voltage LEDs (3 V to 3.5 V) allows the LM3535 to stay in the gain of 1× for a higher percentage of the lithium-ion battery voltage range when compared to the use of higher forward voltage LEDs (3.5 V to 4 V). See LED Forward Voltage Monitoring for a more detailed description of the gain selection and transition process.
For an advanced analysis, TI recommends that power consumed by the circuit (VIN x IIN) for a given load be evaluated rather than power efficiency.