january 2012 doc id 15770 rev 2 1/22 22 STP4CMP low voltage 4-channel constant current led driver with charge pump features operating voltage range: v cc (opr) = 2.7 v to 5.5 v full rgb function support 4-channel led driver with individual on/off control directly from input pins individual programmable output current for the 4 channels through 4 external resistors with a max. capability of 30 ma absolute output current accuracy of max. 7% and channel-to-channel mismatch of max. 4% selectable charge pump enable/disable thermal protection small qfn20 (1.8 x 3.2 mm) package applications mobile phone display backlighting rgb led indicator drivers description the STP4CMP is a charge pump based 4- channel led driver designed for rgb illumination or lcd display backlighting. the STP4CMP works off a battery with an input voltage between 2.7 v - 5.5 v. the device generates regulated current sinks with high absolute and channel-to- channel accuracy to drive up to 4 leds. it can support leds with forward voltage as high as 3.8 v. the current sink for each channel can be set with 4 individual external resistors. each channel is controlled independently. the pwm control can be applied directly to the 4 en (enable) pins to provide brightness control. when enabled, the charge pump, which uses a small ceramic bucket capacitor between c1p and c1n, operates to regulate the v out with a clamping voltage at typ. 5 v. the tiny qfn20 (1.8 x 3.2 mm) package allows the device to be also used for applications with space limitation. qfn20 (1.8 x 3.2 mm) table 1. device summary order code package packaging STP4CMPqtr qfn20 tape and reel www.st.com
contents STP4CMP 2/22 doc id 15770 rev 2 contents 1 schematic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2 pin configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 3 maximum ratings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 4 electrical characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 5 detailed description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 5.1 enable pin (en) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 5.2 led turn-on pin (onx) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 5.3 programmable output current . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 5.4 charge pump . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 5.5 thermal protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 6 typical performance characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 7 pcb layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 7.1 recommended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 7.2 demonstration board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 7.3 demonstration board schematic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 8 package mechanical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 9 revision history . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
STP4CMP schematic doc id 15770 rev 2 3/22 1 schematic figure 1. application schematic figure 1 shows the typical application diagram with the external components. to ensure an optimal charge pump performance, it is highly recommended that the bucket capacitor, c1, and the output capacitor, c out , to be placed as close as possible to the pins. note: all the above components refer to a typical application. operation of the device is not limited to the choice of these external components. table 2. typical external components component manufacturer part number value size c1- c out murata grm155r61a105ke15d 1 f / 10 v 0402 tdk c1005x5r1a105mt c2 murata grm188r60j106me84 10 f / 6.3 v 0603 tdk c1608x5r0j106mt c3 murata grm155r60j104ka01d 100 nf 0402 tdk c1005x5r1c104kt r set1-4 (1) 1. r set1-4 : 649 - 7.87 k according to the desired output current from each channel. tyco cpf0402b976re1 976 0402 led1-4 (2) 2. led1-4: typ. forward voltage of 3.8 v. am0079 8 v1 led2 led3 led4 c 1n on1 on2 on3 c 1p i set1 gnd en led1 v out v cc r set1 on4 i set2 r set2 i set3 r set3 i set4 r set4 cp_sel gnd c1 c2 c out led1 led2 led3 led4 c3
schematic STP4CMP 4/22 doc id 15770 rev 2 figure 2. block schematic & 1 & |