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Product category: Power Supply ICs and Controllers
News Release from: Catalyst Semiconductor | Subject: CAT3604V
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 18 December 2007

LED driver gains a fractional advantage

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Fourth mode of operation at 1.33x delivers higher average efficiency, without the need for the additional capacitor required by all existing four-mode charge pumps.

New from Catalyst Semiconductor, the CAT3604V is a four-channel LED driver that provides an alternative to the industry-standard 604 with similar functionality and the added benefits of Catalyst's patented Quad-Mode switching architecture, including improved average efficiency Quad-Mode technology delivers the high efficiency levels normally associated with inductor-based LED drivers, and eliminates the associated high-profile inductors and unwanted EMI