The LP55231 is a 9-channel LED driver designed to produce lighting effects for mobile devices. A high-efficiency charge pump enables LED driving over full Li-Ion battery voltage range. The device is equipped with an internal program memory, which allows operation without processor control. The LP55231 has an I2C-compatible control interface with four pin-selectable addresses. The INT pin can be used to notify processor when a lighting sequence has ended (interrupt function). Also, the device has a trigger input interface, which allows synchronization, for example, between multiple LP55231 devices. Excellent efficiency is maintained over a wide operating range by autonomously selecting the best charge pump gain based on LED forward voltage requirements. The device is able to automatically enter power-save mode when LED outputs are not active, thus lowering idle current consumption down to 10 µA (typical). Only four small and low-cost ceramic capacitors are required. For all available packages, see the orderable addendum at the end of the data sheet.
- Three Independent Program Execution Engines, 9 Programmable Outputs With 25.5-mA Full-Scale Current, 8-Bit Current Setting Resolution and
12-Bit PWM Control Resolution - Adaptive High-Efficiency 1×/1.5× Fractional Charge Pump - Efficiency up to 94%
- LED Drive Efficiency Up to 93%
- Charge Pump With Soft Start
- Overcurrent and Short-Circuit Protection
- Built-in LED Test
- 200-nA Typical Standby Current
- Automatic Power Save Mode; IVDD = 10 µA (Typical)
- Two-Wire I2C-Compatible Control Interface
- Flexible Instruction Set
- Large SRAM Program Memory
- Small Application Circuit
- Source (High-Side) Drivers
- Architecture Supports Color Control
| Number of channels | 9 |
| LED current per channel (mA) | 25.5 |
| LED configuration | Parallel |
| Program memory | Yes |
| Topology | Charge pump |
| Programmable ramp control | Yes |
| Vin (min) (V) | 2.7 |
| Vin (max) (V) | 5.5 |
| Iout (max) (A) | 0.0255 |
| Features | Analog/PWM mixed dimming, Constant current, Current control, I2C control, Power-save mode, Programmable lighting engines |
| Iq (typ) (mA) | 0.8 |
| Shutdown current (ISD) (typ) (µA) | 0.2 |
| Operating temperature range (°C) | -30 to 85 |
| Rating | Catalog |