LT3746
32-Channel 20mA LED
Driver with Buck Controller
Features
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Description
6V to 55V Power Input Voltage Range
32 Independent LED Outputs up to 30mA/13V
6-Bit Dot Correction Current Adjustment
12-Bit Grayscale PWM Dimming
0.5µs Minimum LED On Time
Adaptive LED Bus Voltage for High Efficiency
Cascadable 30MHz Serial Data Interface
Full Diagnostic and Protection: Individual Open/Short
LED and Overtemperature Fault
Applications
Large Screen Display LED Backlighting
Mono-, Multi-, Full-Color LED Displays
n LED Billboards and Signboards
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The LT®3746 integrates a 32-channel LED driver with a 55V
buck controller. The LED driver lights up to 30mA/13V of
LEDs in series per channel, and the buck controller generates an adaptive bus voltage supplying the parallel LED
strings. Each channel has individual 6-bit dot correction
current adjustment and 12-bit grayscale PWM dimming.
Both dot correction and grayscale are accessible via a
serial data interface in TTL/CMOS logic.
The LT3746 performs full diagnostic and protection
against open/short LED and overtemperature fault. The
fault status is sent back through the serial data interface.
The 30MHz fully-buffered, skew-balanced, cascadable
serial data interface makes the chip extremely suitable
for large screen LCD dynamic backlighting and mono-,
multi-, full-color LED displays.
Typical Application
32-Channel LED Driver, 1MHz Buck, 3 LEDs 10mA to 30mA per Channel, 500Hz 12-Bit Dimming
VIN
13V TO 42V
0.47µF
VIN
EN
VCC
3V TO 5.5V
EN/UVLO
22µH
100k
VCC
10µF
SS
GND
LT3746
10nF
2.048MHz CLOCK
10k
ISN
FB
ISET
60.4k
ISP
C1
2 × 47µF
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..
RT
33mΩ
80.6k
SYNC
46.4k
4.7µF
CAP
GATE
TSET
32.4k
LED00
LED01
LED02
PWMCK
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LED29
LED30
LED31
TTL/CMOS
SCKI
SCKO
SDI
SDO
LDI
LDO
TTL/CMOS
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Absolute Maximum Ratings
Pin Configuration
(Note 1)
RT
SS
FB
ISN
ISP
CAP
GATE
VIN
TSET
TOP VIEW
ISET
VIN ........................................................................... 57V
CAP.......................................................... VIN – 8V to VIN
GATE...............................................................CAP to VIN
LED00 to LED31, ISP, ISN.......................................... 13V
ISP..................................................ISN – 1V to ISN + 1V
FB, RT, TSET, ISET........................................................ 2V
VCC................................................................–0.3V to 6V
SCKI, SCKO, SDI, SDO, LDI, LDO, PWMCK, SYNC,
SS, EN/UVLO.............................................. –0.3V to VCC
Operating Junction Temperature Range
(Notes 2, 3).............................................–40°C to 125°C
Storage Temperature Range...................–65°C to 125°C
56 55 54 53 52 51 50 49 48 47
EN/UVLO 1
46 SYNC
LED15 2
45 LED16
LED14 3
44 LED17
LED13 4
43 LED18
LED12 5
42 LED19
LED11 6
41 LED20
LED10 7
40 LED21
LED09 8
39 LED22
LED08 9
38 LED23
57
GND
LED07 10
37 LED24
LED06 11
36 LED25
LED05 12
35 LED26
LED04 13
34 LED27
LED03 14
33 LED28
LED02 15
32 LED29
LED01 16
31 LED30
LED00 17
30 LED31
GND 18
29 GND
SCKO
GND
SDO
LDO
PWMCK
VCC
LDI
SDI
GND
SCKI
19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
UHH PACKAGE
56-LEAD (5mm × 9mm) PLASTIC QFN
TJMAX = 125°C, θJA = 32°C/W, θJC = 2.0°C/W
EXPOSED PAD (PIN 57) IS GND, MUST BE SOLDERED TO PCB
order information
LEAD FREE FINISH
TAPE AND REEL
PART MARKING*
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION
TEMPERATURE RANGE
LT3746EUHH#PBF
LT3746EUHH#TRPBF
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56-Lead (5mm × 9mm) Plastic QFN
–40°C to 125°C
LT3746IUHH#PBF
LT3746IUHH#TRPBF
3746
56-Lead (5mm × 9mm) Plastic QFN
–40°C to 125°C
Consult LTC Marketing for parts specified with wider operating temperature ranges. *The temperature grade is identified by a label on the shipping container.
Consult LTC Marketing for information on non-standard lead based finish parts.
For more information on lead free part marking, go to: http://www.linear.com/leadfree/
For more information on tape and reel specifications, go to: http://www.linear.com/tapeandreel/
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Electrical
Characteristics
The
l denotes the specifications which apply over the full operating
temperature range, otherwise specifications are at TA = 25°C. VIN = 24V, VCC = 3.3V, VEN/UVLO = 1.5V, VFB = 1.5V,
VISP = VISN = 0V, RT = 105k, RISET = 60.4k, CCAP = 0.47µF to VIN, unless otherwise noted.
SYMBOL
PARAMETER
CONDITIONS
MIN
TYP
MAX
UNITS
Supply
VIN
VIN Operating Voltage
IVIN
VIN Supply Current
VCC
VCC Operating Voltage
IVCC
VCC Supply Current (Note 4)
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6
VEN/UVLO = 0V
No Switching
55
0.2
0.4
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3
VEN/UVLO = 0V
LED Channel Off, 30MHz Data Off
LED Channel On, 30MHz Data Off
LED Channel On, 30MHz Data On
2
0.55
V
µA
mA
5.5
V
0.1
3.3
10
19
1
4.0
µA
mA
mA
mA
Undervoltage Lockout (UVLO)
IEN/UVLO
VCC UVLO Threshold
VCC Rising
VCC Falling
2.82
2.61
2.89
2.68
2.96
2.75
V
V
EN/UVLO Shutdown Threshold
UVLO Threshold
IVCC