A8509
Wide Input Voltage Range, High Efficiency
4-Channel Fault Tolerant LED Driver
The VDR circuit provides power to the gate driver of the A8509.
For VDR the decoupling capacitor value should fall in the range
0.47 to 1 μF. A 1 μF capacitor is recommended.
Shutdown
If the EN pin is pulled low, the IC will shut down immediately.
Fault protection during operation
The A8509 device constantly monitors the state of the system to
determine if any fault conditions occur during normal operation.
The response to a triggered fault condition is summarized in
table 1. The possible fault conditions that the part can detect are:
• Open LED pin
• Shorted inductor with second level switch current protection
• VOUT short-to-ground
• ISET pin short-to-ground
• FSET pin short-to-ground
• Shorted LED
• Open Schottky diode
• Short Schottky diode protection with second level switch cur-
rent protection
• Thermal shutdown (TSD)
• Overvoltage protection (OVP)
1
C1
2
C2
VOUT
IIN
Soft start and
power-up
C4
LED detection
C3 period
FAULT
VGATE(PMOS)
t
Figure 31. Input disconnect switch power-up: (1) VOUT charges via 10 kΩ
resistor, (2) IIN current spike from charging COUT when the PMOS is
enabled; shows VOUT (ch1, 20 V/div.), IIN (ch2, 2 A/div.), ¯F¯¯A¯U¯¯L¯¯T¯ (ch3,
5 V/div.), and PMOS device VGATE (ch4, 5 V/div.), t = 2 ms/div.
Allegro MicroSystems, Inc.
17
115 Northeast Cutoff
Worcester, Massachusetts 01615-0036 U.S.A.
1.508.853.5000; www.allegromicro.com