JAJSTC8A February 2024 – April 2024 LP5867
PRODUCTION DATA
The Global PWM Control function affects all LEDs simultaneously.
The final PWM duty cycle can be calculated as below:
The LP5867 supports 125kHz or 62.5kHz PWM output frequency. The PWM frequency is selected by configuring the 'PWM_Fre' in Dev_initial register. An internal 32MHz oscillator is used for generating PWM outputs. The oscillator’s high accuracy design (ƒOSC_ERR ≤ ± 3%) enables a better synchronization if multiple LP5867 devices are connected together.
A PWM phase-shifting scheme is implemented in each current sink to avoid the current overshot when turning on simultaneously. As the LED drivers are not activated simultaneously, the peak load current from the pre-stage power supply is significantly decreased. This scheme also reduces input-current ripple and ceramic-capacitor audible ringing. LED drivers are grouped into three different phases. By configuring the 'PWM_Phase_Shift' in Dev_config1 register, which is default off, the LP5867 supports tphase_shift = 125ns shifting time shown in Figure 7-4.
To avoid high current sinks output ripple during line switching, current sinks can be configured to turn on with 1 clock delay (62.5ns or 31.25ns according to the PWM frequency) after lines turn on, as shown in Figure 7-3. This function can be configured by 'CS_ON_Shift' in Dev_config1 register.
The LP5867 allows users to configure the dimming scale either exponentially (Gamma Correction) or linearly through the 'PWM_Scale_Mode' in Dev_config1 register. If a human-eye-friendly dimming curve is desired, using the internal fixed exponential scale is an easy approach. If a special dimming curve is desired, using the linear scale with software correction is recommended. The LP5867 supports both linear and exponential dimming curves under 8-bit and 16-bit PWM depth. Figure 7-5 is an example of 8-bit PWM depth.
In summary, the PWM control method is illustrated as Figure 7-6: