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A couple of questions for your ADD5211 LED driver

Dear Sir/Madam,

Our customer is evaluating with your ADD5211 LED driver.

So he just tossed a couple of questions as following

He designed 2 ganged on 2 ch ,and each channels pull 3 LEDs. 

Vf=1.8V LED

Q-1

Can your ADD5211 drive as current dimming control not PWM control?

He needs the dimming fuction as current control.

PWM bring thr flicker for LED on-off.

This flicker make bad for his products.

Q-2

If he put the over 22uF for Cout on your datasheet page-15, then what trouble coming? Growth ripple noise?

Q-3

As for thr PWM frequency,

when 300Hz:dimming=1000:1

So when 25kHz:dimming=?:1, =1000:1 correct?

This is brought from page-1 on your datasheet FEATURES.

Q-4

If he put the frequency of PWM from 300Hz to 20kHz, then he just found that the charge pump voltage become growth high.

Why this result have comin?

Anode voltage of LED(as VLED)

duty 0:900, VLED=4V

duty 1:900, VLED=38.6V

duty 2:900, VLED=37V

duty 3:900, VLED=28.2V

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duty 8:900, VLED=9.6V

But when the PWM freq=300Hz, VLED=4V all.

Thanks Kaos

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  • Hello,

    Q1:

    Yes, you can dim the ADD5211 with a DC voltage to produce a DC current. I've attached a spreadsheet describing how to do it.  So for this, just tie the PWM pin high.

    Q2:

    Increasing COUT will not help with any PWM dimming variation.  It is only controlled by the current sinks.

    Q3:

    On p. 4 of the datasheet, you can see the "PWM Input" specifications.  Here, the turn on and turn off time is listed.  It is these specs that determine the dimming ratio as the PWM frequency is increased. 

    Q4:

    For measuring the LED voltage when PWM dimming, you must use an oscilloscope.  A volt meter will not properly measure the pulsed output voltage. 


    Best Regards,

    - Jon

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  • Hello,

    Q1:

    Yes, you can dim the ADD5211 with a DC voltage to produce a DC current. I've attached a spreadsheet describing how to do it.  So for this, just tie the PWM pin high.

    Q2:

    Increasing COUT will not help with any PWM dimming variation.  It is only controlled by the current sinks.

    Q3:

    On p. 4 of the datasheet, you can see the "PWM Input" specifications.  Here, the turn on and turn off time is listed.  It is these specs that determine the dimming ratio as the PWM frequency is increased. 

    Q4:

    For measuring the LED voltage when PWM dimming, you must use an oscilloscope.  A volt meter will not properly measure the pulsed output voltage. 


    Best Regards,

    - Jon

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