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Product data sheet Rev. 4 — 3 October 2013 10 of 19
NXP Semiconductors
SSL2129AT
Dimmable LED driver IC
When the voltage on the NTC pin exceeds V
th(high)NTC
(see Figure 6 (4)), the converter
delivers nominal output current. When the voltage is lower than this level,
the peak current
is gradually reduced until V
th(low)NTC
is reached (see Figure 6 (3)). The peak current is
now half the peak current of nominal operation. When V
act(tmr)NTC
is passed (see Figure 6
(2)) a timer starts to run to distinguish between the following situations:
• If the low-level V
deact(tmr)NTC
is not reached within time t
to(deact)NTC
(see Figure 6 (1))
LED overtemperature is detected. The IC stops switching and attempts to restart from
the HV p
in voltage. The converter restarts from an NTC protection shutdown when the
voltage on the NTC pin exceeds V
th(high)NTC
(see Figure 6 (4)). It is assumed that the
reduction in peak current does not result in a lower NTC temperature and LED OTP is
activated.
• If the low-level V
deact(tmr)NTC
is reached within the time t
to(deact)NTC
(see Figure 6 (1)) it
is assumed that the pin is pulled down externally. T
he restart function is not triggered.
Instead, the output current is reduced to zero. PWM dimming can be implemented this
way. The output current rises again when the voltage is higher than V
th(low)NTC
.
8.9.1 Soft-start function
The NTC pin can be used to make a soft start function. During switch-on, the level on the
NTC pin is low. By connecting a capacitor (in parallel with the NTC resistor), a time
constant can be defined. The time constant causes the level on the NTC pin to increase
slowly. When passing level V
th(low)NTC
(see Figure 6 (3)), the convertor starts with half of
the maximum current. The output current slowly increases to maximum when V
th(high)NTC
(see Figure
6 (4)) is reached.
Fig 6. NTC control curve
001aan700
2 3 4 5
I
pk
Peak current
I
pk
/ 2
V
th(ocp)SOURCE
= 500 mV
V
th(ocp)SOURCE
= 250 mV
V
NTC
V
th(high)NTC
V
th(low)NTC
V
act(tmr)NTC
V
deact(tmr)NTC
1