SNVSAP8A July 2017 – September 2017 LP5569
PRODUCTION DATA.
NOTE
Information in the following applications sections is not part of the TI component specification, and TI does not warrant its accuracy or completeness. TI’s customers are responsible for determining suitability of components for their purposes. Customers should validate and test their design implementation to confirm system functionality.
The LP5569 device is designed as an autonomous lighting controller for handheld devices. In these devices, extremely small form factor is needed; therefore, the LP5569 device is designed to require only four small capacitors: input and output, as well as flying capacitor 1 and flying capacitor 2 for the charge pump. If the system has other LED input voltages available, and the charge pump is not needed in the application, the charge-pump capacitors can be omitted, thus reducing the solution even further. The device can drive RGB LEDs or discrete LEDs of any color if desired.
Figure 119 shows an example of a typical application that uses a charge pump to get high-enough voltage to drive green and blue LEDs. Red LEDs are powered from VVIN for reduced power consumption. The device, with a voltage range of 2.5 V to 4.5 V, is powered from three AA batteries, typically 3.6 V with 1.2-V cell voltage. Design Requirements shows related design parameters for this example. In this example, input voltage with AA batteries is typically over 3.6 V (cell voltage >1.2 V) for half of the battery lifetime. During this time the charge pump operates in 1× mode, as the input voltage is enough for the green and blue LEDs. As the battery voltage continues to decrease, the LP5569 device detects that the LED headroom voltage is too low and automatically configures the charge pump to the 1.5× mode. In 1.5× mode, the LEDs can be powered with VIN down to 2.5 V, where the batteries are almost empty.
DESIGN PARAMETER | EXAMPLE VALUE | |||
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Input voltage range | 2.5 V to 5.5 V | |||
LED VF (maximum) | 3.2 V | |||
LED current | 25.5 mA maximum | |||
Input capacitor | CIN = 1 µF | |||
Output capacitor | COUT = 1 µF | |||
Charge pump flying capacitors | CFLY1 = CFLY2 = 1 µF | |||
Charge-pump mode | 1.5× or automatic |
The LP5569 device requires four external capacitors for proper operation. TI recommends surface-mount multi-layer ceramic capacitors. Tantalum and aluminum capacitors are not recommended because of their high ESR. Multi-layer ceramic capacitors must always be used for the flying capacitors (CFLY1 and CFLY2). Ceramic capacitors with an X7R or X5R temperature characteristic are preferred for use with the LP5569 device. These capacitors have tight capacitance tolerance (as good as ±10%) and hold their value over temperature (X7R: ±15% over −55°C to 125°C; X5R: ±15% over −55°C to 85°C).
It is necessary to have at least 0.24 μF of effective capacitance for each of the flying capacitors under all operating conditions to ensure proper operation. The output capacitor COUT directly affects the magnitude of the output ripple voltage. In general, the higher the value of COUT, the lower the output-ripple magnitude. For proper operation TI recommends having at least 0.5 μF of effective capacitance for CIN and COUT under all operating conditions. The voltage rating of all four capacitors must be 6.3 V (minimum), with 10 V preferred.
Table 108 lists suitable external components from some leading ceramic capacitor manufacturers.
MODEL | TYPE | VENDOR | VOLTAGE RATING (V) | PACKAGE SIZE |
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C1005X5R1A105K | Ceramic X5R | TDK | 10 | 0402 |
LMK105BJ105KV-F | Ceramic X5R | Taiyo Yuden | 10 | 0402 |
ECJ0EB1A105M | Ceramic X5R | Panasonic | 10 | 0402 |
The LP5569 device enables up to eight parallel devices together, which can drive up to 24 RGB LEDs or 72 single LEDs. Figure 122 shows the connections for two LP5569 devices for six RGB LEDs. Note that the LED6, LED7, and LED8 outputs are used for the red LEDs. The SCL and SDA lines must each have a pullup resistor placed somewhere on the line (R2 and R3; the pullup resistors are normally located on the bus master). In typical applications, values of 1.8 kΩ to 4.7 kΩ are used, depending on the bus capacitance, I/O voltage, and the desired communication speed. GPIO/TRIG/INT is open drain, which requires a pullup resistor. The typical value for R1 is from 120 kΩ to 180 kΩ for two LP5569 devices.
DESIGN PARAMETER | EXAMPLE VALUE | |||
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Input voltage range | 2.5 V to 5.5 V | |||
LED VF (maximum) | 3.2 V | |||
LED current | 25.5 mA maximum | |||
Input capacitor | CIN = 1 µF | |||
Output capacitor | COUT= 1 µF | |||
Charge pump flying capacitors | CFLY1 = CFLY2 = 1 µF | |||
Charge-pump mode | 1.5× or automatic |
External component selection follows the earlier example (see Detailed Design Procedure).