Title :
A practical implementation of a synchronous step-up DC-DC converter LED driver in battery powered applications
Author :
Joita, Adrian ; Takahashi, Tatsuro ; Bodea, Mircea
Author_Institution :
ROHM Semicond. Eur. Design Centre, Willich, Germany
Abstract :
This paper presents the analysis and design of the state of the art synchronous step-up DC-DC converter LED driver in battery powered applications. The converter has been implemented in silicon using a BCD process. Practical hints for the circuit design of this kind of applications are given.
Keywords :
DC-DC power convertors; driver circuits; elemental semiconductors; light emitting diodes; silicon; BCD process; battery-powered application; circuit design; silicon; synchronous step-up DC-DC converter LED driver; Batteries; Capacitors; Inductors; Light emitting diodes; Switches; Transient analysis; Voltage control; BCD; Boost; DC-DC Converter; Key words; LED Driver;
Conference_Titel :
Semiconductor Conference (CAS), 2013 International
Conference_Location :
Sinaia
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-5670-1
Electronic_ISBN :
1545-827X
DOI :
10.1109/SMICND.2013.6688677