MP3204 – 6V, 1.3MHz WHITE LED DRIVER
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PIN FUNCTIONS
Pin # Name Description
1 SW
Power Switch Output. SW is the drain of the internal MOSFET switch. Connect the power
inductor and output rectifier to SW. SW can swing between GND and 25V.
2 GND Ground.
3 FB
Feedback Input. The MP3204 regulates the voltage across the current sense resistor between
FB and GND. Connect a current sense resistor from the bottom of the LED string to GND.
Connect the bottom of the LED string to FB. The regulation voltage is 104mV.
4 EN
Regulator On/Off Control Input. A high input at EN turns on the converter, and a low input turns
it off. When not used, connect EN to the input source for automatic startup. The EN pin cannot
be left floating.
5 OV
Over Voltage Input. OV measures the output voltage for open circuit protection. Connect OV to
the output at the top of the LED string.
6 IN Input Supply. This pin must be locally bypassed.
OPERATION
The MP3204 uses constant frequency, peak
current mode boost regulator architecture to
regulate a series of white LEDs. The operation
of the MP3204 can be understood by referring
to the block diagram of Figure 1. At the start of
each oscillator cycle the FET is turned on
through the control circuitry. To prevent sub-
harmonic oscillations at duty cycles greater
than 50%, a stabilizing ramp is added to the
output of the current sense amplifier and the
result is fed into the positive input of the PWM
comparator. When this voltage equals the
output voltage of the error amplifier, the power
FET is turned off. The voltage at the output of
the error amplifier is an amplified version of the
difference between the 104mV reference
voltage and the feedback voltage. This is the
manner in which the peak current level keeps
the output in regulation. If the feedback voltage
begins to drop, the output of the error amplifier
increases. This results in more current flowing
through the power FET, thus increasing the
power delivered to the output.
PWM
COMPARATOR
AMPLIFIER
CONTROL
LOGIC
CURRENT
SENSE
AMPLIFIER
SW
M1
GND
-
+
FB
1.3MHz
OSC
-
+
+
-
+
104mV
2
1
3
Figure 1—Functional Block Diagram