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Ultra low dropout LED controller
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Association Corporation. ISO™ of INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR STANDARDIZATION. MATLAB™ of
MathWorks, Inc. MAXIM™ of Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. MICROTEC™, NUCLEUS™ of Mentor Graphics
Corporation. Mifare™ of NXP. MIPI™ of MIPI Alliance, Inc. MIPS™ of MIPS Technologies, Inc., USA. muRata™
of MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., MICROWAVE OFFICE™ (MWO) of Applied Wave Research Inc.,
OmniVision™ of OmniVision Technologies, Inc. Openwave™ Openwave Systems Inc. RED HAT™ Red Hat, Inc.
RFMD™ RF Micro Devices, Inc. SIRIUS™ of Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. SOLARIS™ of Sun Microsystems, Inc.
SPANSION™ of Spansion LLC Ltd. Symbian™ of Symbian Software Limited. TAIYO YUDEN™ of Taiyo Yuden
Co. TEAKLITE™ of CEVA, Inc. TEKTRONIX™ of Tektronix Inc. TOKO™ of TOKO KABUSHIKI KAISHA TA.
UNIX™ of X/Open Company Limited. VERILOG™, PALLADIUM™ of Cadence Design Systems, Inc. VLYNQ™
of Texas Instruments Incorporated. VXWORKS™, WIND RIVER™ of WIND RIVER SYSTEMS, INC. ZETEX™ of
Diodes Zetex Limited.
Last Trademarks Update 2010-10-26
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Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
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List of Figures
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List of Tables
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Features
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Maximum Ratings
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Thermal Characteristics
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Electrical Characteristics
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DC Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Basic Application Information
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Package Information
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List of Figures
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Figure 17
Pin out. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Total Power Dissipation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
BCR205W supply current vs. supply voltage (T
A
=25°C) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
30 mA Application using BCR108. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
50 mA Application using BC817K-40 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
LED Current vs. Supply Voltage in 1 LED Application with BCR108 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
LED Current vs. Ambient Temperature in 1 LED Application with BCR108 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Drop Voltage vs. LED current in 1 LED Application with BCR108 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
LED Current vs. Supply Voltage in 1 LED Application with BC817K-40. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
LED Current vs. Ambient Temperature in 1 LED Application with BC817K-40 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Drop Voltage vs. LED current in 1 LED Application with BC817K-40. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
LED Current vs. Supply Voltage in 3 LED Application with BC817K-40. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
LED Current vs. Ambient Temperature in 3 LED Application with BC817K-40 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Drop Voltage vs. LED current in 3 LED Application with BC817K-40. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Package outline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Recommended PCB Footprint for Reflow Soldering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Tape Loading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
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