JAJSD10B March 2017 – July 2018 LP8863-Q1
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The LP8863-Q1 device is a high-voltage LED driver for automotive infotainment, clusters, and other automotive display LED backlight applications. It supports conventional LED backlight applications and cluster-mode applications requiring independent duty and current control of each channel.
The LP8863-Q1 device uses the PWM input for brightness control by default. Alternatively, the brightness can also be controlled by I2C or SPI. When two LP8863-Q1 devices are used in the system, individual I2C addresses can be selected independently with the SS_ADDRSEL pin. In cluster-mode applications each of the six LED brightness levels can be individually controlled via the I2C or SPI interface.
The boost frequency, LED PWM frequency, and LED string current are configured with external resistors through the BST_FSET, PWM_FSET, and ISET pins. The INT pin is used to report faults to the system. Fault interrupt status can be cleared with the I2C, SPI interface, or is cleared on the falling edge of the VDD pin.
The LP8863-Q1 supports pure PWM dimming and hybrid dimming; that is, combined PWM and current brightness control. By default PWM dimming mode is enabled, but can be changed using the I2C or SPI interface.
The six LED current drivers provide up to 150 mA per output and can be tied together to support higher current LEDs. The maximum output current of the LED drivers is set with the ISET resistor and can be optionally scaled by the LEDx_CURRENT[11:0] register bits with I2C or SPI interfaces. The LED output PWM frequency is set with a PWM_FSET resistor. The number of connected LED strings is automatically detected, and the device automatically selects the correct phase shift. For example, if four strings are connected, the LED outputs are phase shifted by 90 degrees (= 360 / 4); if 6 strings are connected, the LED outputs are phase shifted by 60 degrees (= 360 / 6). Outputs that are not used must be connected to GND. Unused outputs are disabled and excluded from adaptive voltage and do not generate open/short LED faults. When I2C is available, LED outputs can be re-configured in cluster mode to support up to 6 individually controlled channels or, alternatively, 3 to 5 channels for a display and 3 to 1 individual channels for indicator lights. In this mode all strings can be connected to the boost of LP8863-Q1 or an external boost can be used for indicator channels.
A resistor divider connected from VOUT to the FB pin sets the maximum voltage of the boost. For best efficiency the boost voltage is adapted automatically to the minimum necessary level needed to drive the LED strings by monitoring all the LED output voltage drops in real time. The switching frequency of the boost regulator can be set between 300 kHz and 2.2 MHz by the BST_FSET resistor. The boost has a start-up feature that reduces the peak current from the power-line during start-up. The LP8863-Q1 also can control a power-line FET to reduce battery leakage when disabled and provide isolation and protection in the event of a fault.
Fault detection features of LP8863-Q1 include: