LED Drivers for Automotive
Exterior Lighting Applications
www.ti.com/autoled
2018
Build Innovative, Reliable and Cost-Effective
Automotive Exterior Lighting Systems with TI
Introduction
Automotive exterior LED drivers from TI help
you build innovative, reliable, cost-effective
lighting systems that exceed today’s stringent
automotive requirements. Our highly efficient
LED solutions extend the life of your lighting
system, enable greater driver and pedestrian
safety, and enhance the driver experience.
From headlights to taillights and everything
in between, TI delivers reliable, scalable and
power-efficient linear and switching solutions for
simple and complex LED lighting systems.
Table of Contents
Automotive Exterior LED Lighting Products
2 Introduction
2
Design Resources and Support
Front Lighting
3
4
Front Lighting – Single Feature
Front Lighting – Complete LED Headlamp
Rear Lighting
5
Rear Lighting – Reliable, Low EMI Solutions
Other Exterior Lighting
6
Other Signal and Convenience Lighting
Design Resources and Support
TI provides many resources for your external lighting needs to help you design systems faster, including reference designs and
easy-to-use tools. We also offer worldwide support to ensure your questions are answered fast.
Learn more about TI’s automotive LED
lighting portfolio on ti.com
Jump start your design process with
comprehensive reference designs:
• Automotive LED driver solutions: www.ti.com/autoled
• Automotive LED driver reference designs:
www.ti.com/autoled/reference
• All TI automotive solutions: www.ti.com/automotive
• All TI Automotive reference designs:
www.ti.com/tidesigns
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Front Lighting – Single Feature
Single-stage power conversion architecture enabling
flexible designs
A single-stage LED driver is a simple and cost-effective solution for single
headlight features like day-time running light, turn indicator, or high and
low beam functions. Buck topology LED drivers are an effective solution
if the LED string voltage is always lower than the battery voltage. However,
since the battery voltage varies significantly in cold crank or load dump
conditions, many applications require LED drivers that can be configured
as a boost, buck-boost, SEPIC, Flyback or Cuk topologies. Ultimately, the
LED driver must provide a constant output current to the LEDs in all
possible operating conditions.
TI’s flexible, single-stage LED driver products are highly configurable pointof-load solutions with advanced dimming capabilities. With diagnostic and
protection features in addition to EMI mitigation techniques like spread
spectrum, TI’s portfolio provides the necessary functionality to create
robust, high-performance platform electronic solutions for single feature
front lighting functions.
1 or 2 Series LEDs
3 or More Series LEDs
LED Driver Module
5.5VDC to
LED Driver Module
4.5VDC to
TPS92515HV-Q1
65VDC
Buck Current Regulator
To BCM
Microcontroller
TPS92692-Q1
65VDC
Binning
and
Thermal
Foldback
Buck/Boost Current Regulator
Binning
and
Thermal
Foldback
To BCM
LED Driver Module
6VDC to
LM3409HV-Q1
75VDC
Buck Current Regulator
To BCM
Microcontroller
Device
LED Driver Module
4.5VDC to
# of
Channels
Binning
and
Thermal
Foldback
Input Voltage
TPS92691-Q1
65VDC
Buck/Boost Current Regulator
To BCM
Microcontroller
Output Voltage
Binning
and
Thermal
Foldback
Internal
Switch(s)
Min
Max
Min
Max
Max
LED Current
Special
Features
No
4.5V
65V
2.5V
65V
No Limit
Analog & PWM Dimming, Spread Spectrum, Fault Handling
1
No
4.5V
65V
0
65V
No Limit
Analog & PWM Dimming, Fault Handling, Rail-Rail Current Sense
1
Yes
5.5V
65V
0
65V
2A
Analog & PWM Dimming
1
No
6.0V
75V
0
75V
No Limit
Analog & PWM Dimming
Multi-Topology Current Regulator
TPS92692-Q1
1
Multi-Topology Current Regulator
TPS92691-Q1
Buck Current Regulator
TPS92515HV-Q1
Buck Current Regulator
LM3409HV-Q1
3
Front Lighting – Complete LED Headlamp
Modular solution enabling scalable headlight architecture with adaptive functionality
Vehicles adopting LEDs for many exterior lighting functions can benefit from a full LED ECU platform approach based on a dual-stage
power conversion architecture. This approach consists of a boost voltage pre-regulator stage that creates a stable DC voltage supply
for a high-bandwidth buck LED current regulator output stage. TI’s portfolio includes boost voltage pre-regulators with fault handling
and spread spectrum EMI features as well as dual-buck current controllers that employ a quasi-hysteretic control topology to handle
dynamic LED loads and to enable advanced dimming capabilities.
The TPS92662-Q1 LED matrix manager is a perfect solution to provide pixel-level control of the LEDS for dynamic headlight functions
like sequential turn-signals and adaptive front lighting. Using front-facing cameras for vehicle and object detection, an LED matrix
solution enables vehicles to automatically adjust the intensity of light emitted from the high/low beams without physical movement
of the headlamps to create optimal roadway illumination.
LED Driver Module
TPS92692-Q1
4.5VDC to
65VDC
Up to 65VDC
Boost Voltage Regulator
TPS92518HV-Q1
Dual Channel
Buck Current Controller
Multi-phase
capable
TPS92692-Q1
Boost Voltage Regulator
Expandable up to
372 matrix pixels
Expandable
up to 20 buck
channels
(optional)
5V Supply
necessary for
Micro-Controller,
CAN Xcvr, and
TPS92662
devices
TPS92662-Q1
12 Channel Matrix Controller
TPS92518HV-Q1
Dual Channel
Buck Current Controller
PWM
SPI
Microcontroller
Headlight
Control
Device
CAN
UART
CAN Xcvr
CAN Xcvr
# of
Channels
Input Voltage
TPS92662-Q1
12 Channel Matrix Controller
Output Voltage
CAN Xcvr
Internal
Switch(s)
Min
Max
Min
Max
Max
LED Current
Special
Features
1
No
4.5V
65V
N/A
65V
N/A
Adjustable Reference, Spread Spectrum, Fault Handling
2
No
6.5V
65V
0
65V
No Limit
Analog & PWM Dimming, SPI Interface, Fault Handling
12
Yes
4.5V
60V
0
60V
2A
10 bit PWM Dimming, UART, Fault Handling
Boost Voltage Regulator
TPS92692-Q1
Buck Current Regulator
TPS92518HV-Q1
Matrix Controller
TPS92662-Q1
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Rear Lighting: Reliable, Low EMI Solutions
Integrated solutions with full diagnostic and thermal management features
TI’s linear LED driver portfolio consists of reliable, low-EMI solutions for rear stop, turn and backup lighting. The portfolio offers a
full range of devices with full diagnostics (e.g., LED open, short and single-LED short) and thermal management features as well
as different output channel counts and output current capabilities. The TPS92830-Q1 automotive LED controller is able to support
higher power and greater system thermal performance simultaneously by removing the integrated MOSFET used in traditional LED
drivers . TI’s single-channel TPS9261x-Q1 LED drivers family provides much more flexibility for engineers designing an array
of different simple exterior lighting applications.
LED Driver Module
5VDC to
LED Driver Module
5VDC to
TPS9261x-Q1
40VDC
1-Ch Linear LED Driver
To BCM
Microcontroller
Binning
and
Thermal
Foldback
LED Driver Module
5VDC to
40VDC
To BCM
Device
5
TPS92830-Q1
3-Ch Linear Controller
# of Channels
FET
Integrated
To BCM
Microcontroller
40VDC
Binning
and
Thermal
Foldback
Microcontroller
Multi Channel LED Driver
5VDC to
N-Ch
MOSFET
VIN
(V)
TPS9263x-Q1
40VDC
DC/DC
Output Current
per Channel
(mA)
Linear LED
Drivers
Microcontroller
To BCM
Binning
and
Thermal
Foldback
Binning
and
Thermal
Foldback
Output Current
Accuracy
(%)
Diagnostics and
Protections
Package
TSSOP-28
TPS92830-Q1
3
No
4.5 – 40
Decided by ext. FET
2.5
Open, Short,
Output current derating
TPS92610-Q1
1
Yes
4.5 – 40
450
4.5
Open, Short, Single LED
short, Thermal shutdown
HTSSOP-14
TPS92611-Q1
1
Yes
4.5 – 40
300
4.5
Open, Short,
Thermal shutdown
MSOP-8
TPS92612-Q1
1
Yes
4.5 – 40
150
4.5
Open, Short,
Thermal shutdown
SOT23-5
TPS92613-Q1
1
Yes
4.5 – 40
450
4.5
Open, Short,
Thermal shutdown
TO263-7
TPS92630-Q1
3
Yes
4.5 – 40
150
1.5
Open, Short, Single LED
short, Thermal foldback
HTSSOP-16
TPS92638-Q1
8
Yes
4.5 – 40
70
3.0
Open, Short,
Thermal foldback
HTSSOP-20
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Other Signal & Convenience Lighting
Flexible and easy-to-use LED solutions
LEDs are now widely used outside of traditional exterior lighting applications, enhancing the driver’s experience with additional
safety-enhancing and stylistic lighting options. TI’s new TPS9261x-Q1 single-channel linear LED driver family enables more styling
possibilities for signal and convenience lighting applications, such as the ones outlined in the diagram below.
Higher current accuracy, fewer system components, and more system protection have become the most critical design
considerations for automotive design engineers. TI’s TPS9261x-Q1 LED driver family offers differentiated output capabilities,
packages, and diagnostic features, allowing design engineers to simplify their system by replacing many discrete components
that would typically be used to achieve the same functionality. Learn more about TI’s automotive LED driver portfolio at
www.ti.com/autoled.
Door-handle light
Center high-mounted stop light
Blind-spot detection light
Welcome light
Emblem light
Side-marker light
Charge-inlet indicator
License-plate light
Tailgate module light
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