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LX1686
Digital Dimming CCFL Controller IC
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DESCRIPTION
KEY FEATURES
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The LX1686 Backlight Controller
IC provides all the control functions
needed to implement Linfinity’s direct
drive inverters used to operate cold
cathode fluorescent lamps (CCFL’s).
This IC can be used to control single or
multiple-lamp configurations. CCFL’s
are used for back or edge lighting of
liquid crystal flat panel displays
(LCD’s) and typically find application
in notebook computers, web browsers,
automotive
and
industrial
instrumentation, and entertainment
systems.
The LX1686 includes a PWM
controlled lamp current burst circuit
that can provide a > 100:1 dimming
range from a simple zero to 2.5V
potentiometer input.
The PWM
dimming burst rate is easily
synchronized to the LCD panel’s frame
rate to prevent interference from
optical beat frequencies.
Safety and reliability features include
a new dual feedback control loop that
permits regulation of maximum lamp
strike voltage as well as lamp current.
Regulating maximum lamp voltage
permits the designer to provide for
ample worst case lamp strike voltage
while at the same time conservatively
limit maximum open circuit voltage.
An innovative new strike voltage
generation technique enables the nodule
designer to optimize high voltage
transformer design for maximum
operating efficiency with no power
dissipating overhead to guarantee strike
capability
Direct drive topology is a non-
resonant, oscillator-controlled PWM
regulation method. The LX1686 allows
a wide choice of fixed operating
frequencies to match lamp current
frequency to the lamp’s most efficient
operating point, and to minimize high
frequency interference.
!
RangeMAX™ Wide Range
Dimming (>100:1)
!
Synchronizable to Display Video
Frequency
!
High Voltage Feedback Loop
Directly Controls Maximum Open
Lamp
!
Micro-Amp Sleep Mode
!
User Programmable Fixed
Frequency Operation
!
Under-Voltage Lockout Feature
With Power-Up Reset
!
Built-In Soft-Start Feature
!
Operates With 3.3V or 5V power
Supplies
!
100mA Output Drive Capability
APPLICATIONS
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Notebooks
Instrumentation Display
Desktop Computer Monitors
Low Ambient Light Displays
(used in Aircraft, Automobiles,
and Hand-Held Equipment)
BENEFITS
!
Extremely High Efficiency From
3.3V to 5V Power Supplies
!
Lower Cost Than Conventional
Buck / Royer Inverter Topologies
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Improved Lamp Strike Capability
!
Improved Over-Voltage Control
IMPORTANT:
For the most current data, consult
MICROSEMI’s
website:
http://www.microsemi.com
PRODUCT HIGHLIGHT
5
4
Standard Analog
Dimming Inverter
Power Used (Watts)
3
2
LinFinity's
RangeMAX
1
0
0
30
45
60
75
90
105
Light emitted by a CCFL is proportional to the current flowing through it.
There are two ways to control the current: by adjusting the amplitude of a
continuous AC current; or, as with RangeMAX technology, by varying the
amount of time a burst of full current is present. RangeMAX technology
frees the backlight inverter module designer to operate in a lower
brightness and lower power consumption mode than is possible with
conventional amplitude control methods.
LX1686
LX1686
Light Output (Nits)
PACKAGE ORDER INFO
T
J
(°C)
0 to 85
-40 to 85
Copyright
2000
Rev. 1.0b, 2001-09-19
PW
Plastic TSSOP
24-PIN
LX1686CPW
LX1686IPW
Note: Available in Tape & Reel.
Append the letter “T” to the part number. (i.e. LX1686CPWT)
Microsemi
Linfinity Microelectronics Division
11861 Western Avenue, Garden Grove, CA. 92841, 714-898-8121, Fax: 714-893-2570
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