CAT4103V-GT2 Datasheet, PDF (8/13 Pages) ON Semiconductor – 3-Channel Constant-Current RGB LED Driver

CAT4103
BLOCK DIAGRAM
LED1 LED2 LED3
1.2V Ref
VDD
CURRENT
SINKS
Current Setting
Current Setting
Current Setting
RSET1
RSET2
RSET3
BIN
BLANK
LATCH
LIN
L0 L1 L2
SIN
SHIFT
S0 S1 S2
REGISTER
CLOCK
CIN
DQ
CK
BOUT
LOUT
SOUT
COUT
GND
Figure 1. CAT4103 Functional Block Diagram
BASIC OPERATION
The CAT4103 uses 3 independent current sinks to
accurately regulate the current in each LED channel
to 400 times the current sink from the corresponding
RSET pin. Each of the resistors tied to the RSET1,
RSET2, RSET3 pins set the current respectively in
the LED1, LED2, and LED3 channels. Table 1 shows
some standard resistor values for RSET and the
corresponding LED current.
Table 1. RSET Resistor Settings
LED Current [mA]
20
60
100
175
RSET[kΩ]
24.9
8.45
5.23
3.01
Tight current regulation for all channels is possible
over a wide range of input and LED voltages due to
independent current sensing circuitry on each
channel. The LED channels have a low dropout of
0.4V or less for all current ranges and supply
voltages. This helps improve heat dissipation and
efficiency over other competing solutions.
Upon power-up, an under-voltage lockout circuit
clears all latches and shift registers and sets all
outputs to off. Once the VDD supply voltage is greater
than the under-voltage lockout threshold, the device
can be programmed.
Pull-up and pull-down resistors are internally provided
to set the state of the BIN and LIN pins to low current
off state when not externally driven.
A high-speed 4-wire interface is provided to program
the state of each LED channel ON or OFF.
The 4-wire interface contains a 3-bit serial-to-parallel
shift register (S0-S2) and a 3-bit latch (L0-L2). The
shift register operates on a first-in first-out (FIFO)
basis. The most significant bit S2 corresponds to the
first data entered in from SIN. Programming the
serial-to-parallel register is accomplished via SIN and
CIN input pins. On each rising edge of the CIN signal
the data from SIN is moved through the shift register
serially. Data is also moved out of SOUT to the next
device if programming more than one device on the
same interface.
On the rising edge of LIN, the data content of the serial
to parallel shift register is reflected in the latches. On
the falling edge of LIN, the state of the serial-to-parallel
register at that particular time is saved in the latches
and does not change regardless of the content of the
serial to parallel register.
BIN is used to disable all LEDs off at one time while
still maintaining the data contents of the latch register.
BIN is an active low input pin. When low the outputs
reflect the data in the latches. When high the outputs
are all high impedance (LEDs off).
All 4-wire inputs have a corresponding output driver
for cascaded systems (SOUT, COUT, LOUT, BOUT).
These output buffers allow many CAT4103 drivers to
be cascaded without signal and timing degradation
due to long wire interconnections.
Doc. No. MD-5038, Rev. A
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