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Product category: Power Supply ICs and Controllers
News Release from: Maxim Integrated Products | Subject: MAX8822
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 18 April 2008
One chip replaces two in white LED drive
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Device is claimed to be 12% more efficient than competing solutions, making it ideal for use in handheld devices in which space and battery life are precious.
Maxim Integrated Products has developed the industry's first white-LED driver to combine a highly efficient negative charge pump with two independent, low-dropout (LDO) regulators Available in a tiny, 3 x 3 x 0.8mm TQFN package, the MAX8822 is a single-chip solution for driving up to four WLEDs that is 50% smaller than the standard two-chip solution