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Product category: Power Supply ICs and Controllers
News Release from: Allegro MicroSystems Europe | Subject: A8530
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 24 November 2006

LED driver covers backlights and flashes

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High-efficiency charge pump integrated circuit offers a simple, low-cost white LED driver solution for driving four display backlight and two flash/torch video-mode white LEDs.

The A8530 from Allegro MicroSystems Europe is a high-efficiency charge pump integrated circuit that offers a simple, low-cost white LED driver solution for driving four display backlight and two flash/torch video-mode white LEDs Using a proprietary adaptive control scheme (1x, 1.5x, 2x), the new device can deliver well matched (typically within 0.5%) LED current while maintaining the highest efficiency for extended battery life and low electromagnetic interference