PM6600

6-rows 30 mA LEDs driver with boost regulator

for LCD panels backlight

Features
■ Boost section
– 4.7 V to 28 V input voltage range
– Internal power MOSFET
– Internal +5 V LDO for device supply
– Up to 36 V output voltage
– Constant frequency peak current-mode VFQFPN-24 4x4
control
– 200 kHz to 1 MHz adjustable switching
frequency
Description
– External synchronization for multi-device
application The PM6600 consists of a high efficiency
– Pulse-skip power saving mode at light load monolithic boost converter and six controlled
– Programmable soft-start current generators (ROWs), specifically designed
to supply LEDs arrays used in the backlight of
– Programmable OVP protection
LCD panels. The device can manage a nominal
– Stable with ceramic output capacitors output voltage up to 36 V (i.e. 10 White-LEDs per
– Thermal shutdown ROW). The generators can be externally
■ Backlight driver section programmed to sink up to 30 mA and they can be
– Six rows with 30 mA maximum current dimmed via a PWM signal (1% dimming duty-
capability (adjustable) cycle at 20 kHz can be managed). The device
allows to detect and manage the open and
– Up to 10 WLEDs per row
shorted LED faults and to let unused ROWs
– Unused rows detection floating. Basic protections (Output Over-Voltage,
– 500 ns minimum dimming time (1 % internal MOSFET Over-Current and Thermal
minimum dimming duty-cycle at 20 kHz) Shutdown) are provided.
– ±2.1 % current accuracy
– ±2 % current matching between rows
– LED failure (open and short circuit)
detection

Applications
■ Notebook monitors backlight
■ UMPC backlight

Table 1. Device summary

Part number Package Packaging

PM6600 Tube
VFQFPN-24 4x4 (exposed pad)
PM6600TR Tape and reel

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Contents PM6600

Contents

1 Typical application circuit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

2 Pin settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2.1 Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2.2 Pin description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

3 Electrical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
3.1 Maximum rating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
3.2 Thermal data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
3.3 Recommended operating conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

4 Electrical characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

5 Typical operating characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

6 Block diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

7 Operation description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
7.1 Boost section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
7.1.1 Functional description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
7.2 Over voltage protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
7.3 Switching frequency selection and synchronization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
7.4 System stability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
7.4.1 Loop compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
7.4.2 Slope compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
7.5 Soft-start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
7.6 Boost current limit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
7.7 Enable function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
7.8 Thermal protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

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8 Backlight driver section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

8.1 Current generators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
8.2 PWM dimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

9 Fault management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
9.1 FAULT pin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
9.2 MODE pin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
9.3 Open LED fault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
9.4 Shorted LED fault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
9.5 Intermittent connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

10 Package mechanical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

11 Revision history . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

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Figure 1.
L D
VBOOST
VIN+

Cin

R1 C13
Typical application circuit

Rslope Cout
Application circuit

23
8
19
R2 C10
AVCC

LX
Cav cc

VIN
6 18

SYNC
AVCC OVSEL

9
FAULT Rf ilt SLOPE
Cldo5
7 17
LDO5 PGND

EN 22
FAULT
21 PM6600 16
EN ROW6 15
20 ROW5 14
DIM DIM ROW4 13
Typical application circuit

5 ROW3 12
MODE ROW2 11
AVCC ROW1
SW3 1 25
COMP THPD
24
MODE SS

FSW
RILIM
BILIM
SGND

4
2
3
10
Rcomp Css
AVCC

SW2

Rf sw FSW Rrilim Rbilim

Ccomp

VIN-
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2 Pin settings

2.1 Connections

Figure 2. Pin connection (through top view)

2.2 Pin description

Table 2. Pin functions

N° Pin Function

Error amplifier output. A simple RC series between this pin and ground is
1 COMP
needed to compensate the loop of the boost regulator.
Output generators current limit setting. The output current of the ROWs can
2 RILIM
be programmed connecting a resistor to SGND.
Boost converter current limit setting. The internal MOSFET current limit can
3 BILIM
be programmed connecting a resistor to SGND.
Switching frequency selection and external sync input. A resistor to SGND
4 FSW is used to set the desired switching frequency. The pin can also be used as
external synchronization input. See section 1.3 for details.
Current generators fault management selector. It allows to detect and
5 MODE
manage LEDs failures. See section 3.2 for details.
6 AVCC +5 V analog supply. Connect to LDO5 through a simple RC filter.
Internal +5 V LDO output and power section supply. Bypass to SGND with a
7 LDO5
1 µF ceramic capacitor.
8 VIN Input voltage. Connect to the main supply rail.

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Table 2. Pin functions (continued)

N° Pin Function

Slope compensation setting. A resistor between the output of the boost

9 SLOPE converter and this pin is needed to avoid sub-harmonic instability.
Refer to section 1.4 for details.
Signal ground. Supply return for the analog circuitry and the current
10 SGND
generators.
11 ROW1 Row driver output #1.
12 ROW2 Row driver output #2.
13 ROW3 Row driver output #3.
14 ROW4 Row driver output #4.
15 ROW5 Row driver output #5.
16 ROW6 Row driver output #6.
17 PGND Power ground. Source of the internal power-MOSFET.
Over-voltage selection. Used to set the desired OV threshold by an external
18 OVSEL
divider. See section 1.2 for details.
19 LX Switching node. Drain of the internal power-MOSFET.
Dimming input. Used to externally set the brightness of the LEDs by using a
20 DIM
PWM signal.
Enable input. When low, the device is turned off. If tied high or left floating,
21 EN
the device is turned on and a Soft-Start sequence takes place.
Fault signal output. Open drain output. The pin goes low when a fault
22 FAULT
condition is detected (see section 3.1 for details).
23 SYNC Synchronization output. Used as external synchronization output.
Soft start. Connect a capacitor to SGND to set the desired Soft-Start
24 SS
duration.

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3 Electrical data

3.1 Maximum rating

Table 3. Absolute maximum ratings (1)
Symbol Parameter Value Unit

VAVCC AVCC to SGND -0.3 to 6

VLDO5 LDO5 to SGND -0.3 to 6
PGND to SGND -0.3 to 0.3
VIN VIN to PGND -0.3 to 40
VLX LX to SGND -0.3 to 40
LX to PGND -0.3 to 40
V
-0.3 to
RILIM, BILIM, SYNC, OVSEL, SS to SGND
VAVCC + 0.3
EN, DIM, FSW, MODE, FAULT to SGND -0.3 to 6
ROWx to PGND/ SGND -0.3 to 40
VIN - 0.3 to
SLOPE to VIN
VIN + 6
SLOPE to SGND -0.3 to 40
Maximum LX RMS current 2.0 A
PTOT Power dissipation @=25°C 2.3 W
Maximum withstanding voltage range test condition:
CDF-AEC-Q100-002- “Human Body Model” ±1000 V
acceptance criteria: “Normal Performance”
1. Stresses beyond those listed under "absolute maximum ratings" may cause permanent damage to the
device. Exposure to absolute maximum rated conditions for extended periods may affect device reliability.

3.2 Thermal data

Table 4. Thermal data
Symbol Parameter Value Unit

RthJA Thermal resistance junction to ambient 42 °C/W

TSTG Storage temperature range -50 to 150 °C
TJ Junction operating temperature range -40 to 125 °C
TA Operating ambient temperature range -40 to 85 °C

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3.3 Recommended operating conditions

Table 5. Recommended operating conditions
Values
Symbol Parameter Unit
Min Typ Max

Supply section

VIN Input voltage range 4.7 28 V

Boost section

VBST Output voltage range 36 V

Adjustable switching FSW connected

fSW 200 1000 kHz
frequency to RFSW
FSW sync input
40 %
Duty-Cycle
ROWs output maximum
30 mA
current

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4 Electrical characteristics

VIN = 12 V; TA = 0 °C to 85 °C and MODE connected to AVCC unless specified (1).

Table 6. Electrical characteristics

Values
Symbol Parameter Test condition Unit
Min Typ Max

Supply section

EN High,
VLDO5, VAVCC LDO output and IC supply voltage 4.6 5 5.5 V
ILDO5 = 0 mA
RRILIM = 51 kΩ,
RBILIM = 220 kΩ,
IIN,Q Operating quiescent current 1 mA
RSLOPE = 680 kΩ
DIM tied to SGND.
IIN,SHDN Operating current in shutdown EN low 20 30 µA
LDO5 under voltage lockout upper
VUVLO,ON 4.6 4.75
threshold
V
LDO5 under voltage lockout lower
VUVLO,OFF 3.8 4.0
threshold

LDO linear regulator

6 V = VIN = 28 V,
Line regulation 25
ILDO5 = 30 mA
mV
VIN = 4.3 V,
LDO dropout voltage 80 120
ILDO5 = 10 mA
VLDO5 > VUVLO,ON 25 40 60
LDO maximum output current limit mA
VLDO5 < VUVLO,OFF 30

1. TA = TJ. All parameters at operating temperature extremes are guaranteed by design and statistical analysis
(not production tested)

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Table 6. Electrical characteristics (continued)

Values
Symbol Parameter Test condition Unit
Min Typ Max

Boost section

Minimum switching
ton,min 200 ns
on time
Default switching frequency FSW connected to AVCC 570 660 750
Minimum FSW kHz
210
Sync frequency
FSW Sync
240
Input low level threshold
mV
FSW Sync
60
Input hysteresis
FSW Sync
270 ns
Min ON time
FSW connected to AVCC
SYNC output
(Internal Oscillator 34 40 %
Duty-Cycle
Selected)
SYNC output VAVCC
ISYNC = 10 uA
High Level -20
mV
SYNC output
ISYNC = -10 uA 20
Low Level

Power switch

KB LX current coefficient RBILIM = 300 kΩ 5.7e5 6.7e5 7.7e5 V

Internal MOSFET RDSon 280 500 mΩ

OV protections

Over-voltage protection reference

VTH,OVP 1.190 1.235 1.280 V
(OVSEL) threshold
Floating ROWs detection
VTH,FRD 1.100 1.145 1.190
(OVSEL) threshold
Voltage gap between the OVP
∆VOVP,FRD 90 mV
and FRD thresholds

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Table 6. Electrical characteristics (continued)

Values
Symbol Parameter Test condition Unit
Min Typ Max

Soft start and power management

EN, Turn-On level threshold 1.6 V

EN, Turn-Off level threshold 0.8
DIM, high level threshold 1.3
DIM, low level threshold 0.8
EN, Pull-up current 2.5 µA
SS, charge current 4 5 6
SS, End-Of-Startup threshold 2 2.4 2.8 V
SS, Reduced switching frequency
0.8
Release threshold

Current generators section

TDIM-ON,min Minimum dimming On-Time RRILIM = 51 kΩ 500 ns

ROWs current coefficient
KR RRILIM = 51 kΩ 998 ±21 V
accuracy
∆IROWx ROWs current mismatch(1) RRILIM = 51 kΩ ±2 %
VIFB Feedback regulation voltage No LEDs mismatch 400 mV
Shorted LED fault detection
VTH,FAULT 8.2 V
threshold
VFAULT,LOW FAULT pin low-level voltage IFAULT,SINK = 4 mA 350 mV

Thermal shutdown

Thermal shutdown
TSHDN 150 °C
Turn-off temperature

Note: The Current Mismatch is the maximum current difference among the ROWs of one device.

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5 Typical operating characteristics

All the measures are done with a standard PM6600EVAL demoboard and a standard
WLED6021NB demoboard, with the components listed in the EVAL_KIT document.
The measures are done with this working conditions, unless specified:
● Vin = 12 V
● Vout = 6 rows x 10 WLEDs = 34 V (typ)
● Iout = 20 mA each row
● fsw = 660 kHz (nominal switching frequency, with FSW .. AVCC)
● Vrow1 to Vrow6 = {0.697, 0.75, 0.818, 0.696, 0.822, 0.363} V

Figure 3. Efficiency vs Figure 4. Efficiency vs

DIM duty cycle @ fDIM = 200 Hz DIM duty cycle @ fDIM = 500 Hz

100 100
90 90
80 80
70
70
Efficiency [%]

60
Efficiency [%]

60
50 50
40 40
Vin = 6V Vin = 6V
30 30
Vin = 12V Vin = 12V
20 20
Vin = 18V Vin = 18V
10 Vin = 24V 10 Vin = 24V
0 0
0 20 40 60 80 100 0 20 40 60 80 100
DIM duty cycle [%] DIM duty cycle [%]

Figure 5. Efficiency vs Figure 6. Efficiency vs

DIM duty cycle @ fDIM = 1 kHz DIM duty cycle @ fDIM = 5 kHz

100 100
90 90
80 80
70 70
Efficiency [%]

60
Efficiency [%]

60
50 50
40 40
Vin = 6V Vin = 6V
30 30
Vin = 12V Vin = 12V
20 20
Vin = 18V Vin = 18V
10 Vin = 24V 10 Vin = 24V
0 0
0 20 40 60 80 100 0 20 40 60 80 100
DIM duty cycle [%] DIM duty cycle [%]

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Figure 7. Efficiency vs Figure 8. Efficiency vs

DIM duty cycle @ fDIM = 10 kHz DIM duty cycle @ fDIM = 20 kHz

100 100

90 90

80 80

70 70
Efficiency [%]

Efficiency [%]
60 60

50 50

40 40
Vin = 6V Vin = 6V
30 30
Vin = 12V Vin = 12V
20 20
Vin = 18V Vin = 18V
10 Vin = 24V 10 Vin = 24V
0 0
0 20 40 60 80 100 0 20 40 60 80 100
DIM duty cycle [%] DIM duty cycle [%]

Figure 9. Efficiency vs Figure 10. Efficiency vs

DIM duty cycle @ Vin = 8 V DIM duty cycle @ Vin = 12 V
100 100
90 90
80 80
70 70
Efficiency [%]

Efficiency [%]

60 60
50 50
fDIM = 200Hz fDIM = 200Hz
40 40
fDIM = 500Hz fDIM = 500Hz
30 fDIM = 1kHz 30 fDIM = 1kHz
20 fDIM = 5kHz fDIM = 5kHz
20
fDIM = 10kHz fDIM = 10kHz
10
fDIM = 20kHz 10
fDIM = 20kHz
0
0
0 20 40 60 80 100
0 20 40 60 80 100
DIM duty cycle [%]
DIM duty cycle [%]

Figure 11. Efficiency vs Figure 12. Efficiency vs

DIM duty cycle @ Vin = 18 V DIM duty cycle @ Vin = 24 V
100 100
90 90
80 80
70 70
Efficiency [%]

Efficiency [%]

60 60
50 50
fDIM = 200Hz fDIM = 200Hz
40 fDIM = 500Hz 40
fDIM = 500Hz
30 fDIM = 1kHz 30 fDIM = 1kHz
20 fDIM = 5kHz fDIM = 5kHz
20
fDIM = 10kHz fDIM = 10kHz
10 10
fDIM = 20kHz fDIM = 20kHz
0 0
0 20 40 60 80 100 0 20 40 60 80 100
DIM duty cycle [%] DIM duty cycle [%]

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Figure 13. Efficiency Figure 14. Efficiency

vs Vin @ DIM duty cycles = 10 % vs Vin @ DIM duty cycles = 50 %
100 100

90 90

80 80

70 70

Efficiency [%]
Efficiency [%]

60 60

50 fDIM = 200Hz 50 fDIM = 200Hz

fDIM = 500Hz fDIM = 500Hz
40 40
fDIM = 1kHz fDIM = 1kHz
30 30
fDIM = 5kHz fDIM = 5kHz
20 fDIM = 10kHz 20 fDIM = 10kHz
10 fDIM = 20kHz 10 fDIM = 20kHz

0 0
6 12 18 24 6 12 18 24
Vin [V] Vin [V]

Figure 15. Efficiency Figure 16. Efficiency

vs Vin @ DIM duty cycles = 75 % vs Vin @ DIM duty cycles = 100 %
96 95

94 94

93
92
92
Efficiency [%]

Efficiency [%]

90
fDIM = 200Hz 91 fDIM = 200Hz
88 fDIM = 500Hz fDIM = 500Hz
fDIM = 1kHz 90
fDIM = 1kHz
86 fDIM = 5kHz fDIM = 5kHz
89
fDIM = 10kHz fDIM = 10kHz
84
fDIM = 20kHz 88 fDIM = 20kHz

82 87
6 12 18 24 6 12 18 24
Vin [V] Vin [V]

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Figure 17. Working waveforms @ Figure 18. Working waveforms @

fDIM = 100 Hz, D = 1 % fDIM = 100 Hz, D = 10 %

Figure 19. Working waveforms @ Figure 20. Working waveforms @

fDIM = 100 Hz, D = 50 % fDIM = 100 Hz, D = 80 %

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Figure 21. Working waveforms @ Figure 22. Working waveforms @

fDIM = 200 Hz, D = 1 % fDIM = 200 Hz, D = 20 %

Figure 23. Working waveforms @ Figure 24. Working waveforms @

fDIM = 200 Hz, D = 50 % fDIM = 200 Hz, D = 80 %

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Figure 25. Working waveforms @ Figure 26. Working waveforms @

fDIM = 500 Hz, D = 1 % fDIM = 500 Hz, D = 50 %

Figure 27. Working waveforms @ Figure 28. Working waveforms @

fDIM = 1 kHz, D = 1% fDIM = 1 kHz, D = 50 %

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Figure 29. Working waveforms @ Figure 30. Working waveforms @

fDIM = 10 kHz, D = 1 % fDIM = 10 kHz, D = 50 %

Figure 31. Working waveforms @ Figure 32. Working waveforms @

fDIM = 20 kHz, D = 1 % fDIM = 20 Hz, D = 50 %

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Figure 33. Output voltage ripple @ Figure 34. Output voltage ripple @
fDIM = 200 Hz, D = 1 % fDIM = 200 Hz, D = 20 %

Figure 35. Output voltage ripple @ Figure 36. Output voltage ripple @
fDIM = 200 Hz, D = 50 % fDIM = 200 Hz, D = 80 %

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Figure 37. Shorted LED protection Figure 38. Shorted LED protection
@ fDIM = 200 Hz @ fDIM = 200 Hz
All WLEDs connected 1 WLED shorted

Figure 39. Shorted LED protection Figure 40. Shorted LED protection
@ fDIM = 200 Hz @ fDIM = 200 Hz
2 WLEDs shorted 3 WLEDs shorted - ROW disabled

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Figure 41. Open ROW detection @

fDIM = 200 Hz

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6 Block diagram

Figure 42. Simplified block diagram

VIN SLOPE

Current Sense

+5V Ramp
Generator ZCD LX
LDO5 LDO

+ +
+ Boost
UVLO
Detector _ Control
Logic
UVLO + 0.4V
gm
COMP _ PGND
Boost_EN

BILIM Current Limit _

1.143V
FRD
+
OVSEL
+
OVP
SS Soft Start Min Voltage
_ 1.235V
Selector
VROW6
Prot_EN
CTRL6
Current
Generator 6
ROW6
SYNC ÷2 VROW5
CTRL5
Current
Generator 5
ROW5
Ext Sync VROW4
Detector
OSC
CTRL4
Current
Generator 4
ROW4
VROW3

FSW CTRL3
Current
Generator 3
ROW3
VROW2
Prot_EN
CTRL2
Current
Generator 2
ROW2
Boost_EN
AVCC UVLO
VTH,FLT
CTRL6 8.2V
EN CTRL5
CONTROL CTRL4
LOGIC
MODE CTRL3
CTRL2
CTRL1
LOGIC

VROW1
OVP ROW1
FAULT FRD
I to V

+
_

DIM I to V

Thermal Current
1.2V
Shutdown Generator 1

RILIM SGND

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7 Operation description

7.1 Boost section

7.1.1 Functional description

The PM6600 is a monolithic LEDs driver for the backlight of LCD panels and it consists of a
boost converter and six PWM-dimmable current generators.
The input voltage range is from 4.7 V up to 28 V.
The boost section is based on a constant switching frequency, Peak Current-Mode
architecture. The boost output voltage is controlled such that the lowest ROWs' voltage,
referred to SGND, is equal to an internal reference voltage (400 mV typ.).
In addition, the PM6600 has an internal LDO that supplies the internal circuitry of the device
and is capable to deliver up to 40 mA. The input of the LDO is the VIN pin. The LDO5 pin is
the LDO output and the supply for the power-MOSFET driver at the same time. The AVCC
pin is the supply for the analog circuitry and should be connected to the LDO output through
a simple RC filter, in order to improve the noise rejection.

Figure 43. AVCC filtering

VIN

LDO5
LDO
PM6600
Rfilt
4R7 AVCC

Cavcc
100n
SGND

Two loops are involved in regulating the current sunk by the generators.
The main loop is related to the boost regulator and uses a constant frequency Peak Current-
Mode architecture (see figure 10), while an internal current loop regulates the same current
at each ROW according to the set value (RILIM pin).
A dedicated circuit automatically selects the lowest voltage drop among all the ROWs and
provides this voltage the main loop that, in turn, regulates the output voltage. In fact, once
the reference generator has been detected, the error amplifier compares its voltage drop to
the internal reference voltage and varies the COMP output. The voltage at the COMP pin
determines the inductor peak current at each switching cycle. The output voltage of the
boost regulator is thus determined by the total forward voltage of the LEDs strings:

Equation 1
NROWS mLEDS
VOUT = max (
i=1 Σ
j=1
VF,j ) + 400mV

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where the first term represents the highest total forward voltage drop over active ROWs and
the second is the voltage drop across the leading generator (400 mV typ.).
The device continues to monitor the voltage drop across all the rows and automatically
switches to the current generator having the lowest voltage drop.

7.2 Over voltage protection

An adjustable Over-Voltage Protection is available. It can be set feeding the OVSEL pin with
a partition of the output voltage. The voltage of the central tap of the divider is thus
compared to a fixed 1.235 V threshold. When the voltage on the OVSEL pin exceeds the OV
threshold, the FAULT pin is tied low (see section 3) and the device is turned off; this
condition is latched and the PM6600 is restarted by toggling the EN pin or by performing a
Power-On Reset (the POR occurs when the LDO output falls below the lower UVLO
threshold and subsequently crosses the upper UVLO threshold during the rising phase of
the input voltage). Normally, the value of the high-side resistors of the divider is in the order
of 100kΩ to reduce the output capacitor discharge when the boost converter is off (during
the off phase of the dimming cycle).
The OVSEL divider should be a compensated one, with the capacitors C10 (typically in the
100 pF-330 pF range) that improves noise rejection at the OVSEL pin (see figure 5) and
C13 (typically 22 pF) that avoids OVP fault detection when a row is open.
The following formula permits to properly select the OVP threshold, according to the VOUT
value and considering the worst case:

Equation 2
VOUT < VOVP < VOUT + (VROWx,FAULT − VROW _ MAX )

where

Equation 3
VOUT = n WLED _ series ⋅ VF _ WLED + 0.4V

VOVP is the Over-Voltage Protection threshold

VROWx,FAULT is the Shorted LED threshold
VROW_MAX is the maximum voltage drop across the current generators, measured in the
ROWx pin with the leds' series with minimum VF_WLED: Forward Voltage of the single LED.

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Figure 44. OVP threshold setting

VIN VOUT

C13

LX
R1 COUT

PM6600 OVSEL

R2 C10

SGND

7.3 Switching frequency selection and synchronization

The switching frequency of the boost converter can be set in the 200 kHz-1 MHz range by
connecting the FSW pin to ground through a resistor. Calculation of the setting resistor is
made using equation 3 and should not exceed the 80 kΩ-400 kΩ range.

Equation 4
fSW
RFSW =
2 .5

In addition, when the FSW pin is tied to AVCC, the PM6600 uses a default 660 kHz fixed
switching frequency, allowing to save a resistor in minimum components-count applications.

Figure 45. Multiple device synchronization

MASTER SLAVE

AVCC

Sync Out
FSW SYNC FSW SYNC SYNC

PM6600 PM6600
RFSW
SGND SGND

The FSW pin can also be used as a synchronization input, allowing the PM6600 to operate
both as master or slave device. If a clock signal with a 210 kHz minimum frequency is
applied to this pin, the device locks synchronized (300 mV threshold). An Internal timeout
allows synchronization as long as the external clock frequency is greater than 210 kHz.
Keeping the FSW pin voltage lower than 300 mV for more than 1/210 kHz ≈ 5 µs results in
the device turn off. Normal operation is resumed as soon as FSW rises above the
mentioned threshold and the Soft-Start sequence is repeated.

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The SYNC pin is a synchronization output and provides a 34 % (typ.) duty-cycle clock when
the PM6600 is used as master or a replica of the FSW pin when used as slave. It is used to
connect multiple devices in a daisy-chain configuration or to synchronize other switching
converters running in the system with the PM6600 (master operation).
When an external synchronization clock is applied to the FSW pin, the internal oscillator is
overdriven: each switching cycle begins at the rising edge of clock, while the slope
compensation ramp starts at the falling edge of the same signal. Thus, the external
synchronization clock is required to have a 40 % maximum duty-cycle when the boost
converter is working in Continuous-Conduction Mode (CCM). The minimum pulse width
which allows the synchronizing pulses to be detected is 270 ns.

Figure 46. External sync waveforms

FSW pin voltage (ext. sync) 270ns minimum

300mV threshold

Slave SYNC pin voltage

Slave LX pin voltage

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7.4 System stability

The boost section of the PM6600 is a Fixed Frequency, Peak Current-Mode converter.
During normal operation, a minimum voltage selection circuit compares all the voltage drops
across the active current generators and provides the minimum one to the error amplifier.
The output voltage of the error amplifier determines the inductor peak current in order to
keep its inverting input equal to the reference voltage (400 mV typ). The compensation
network consists of a simple RC series (RCOMP - CCOMP) between the COMP pin and
ground.
The calculation of RCOMP and CCOMP is fundamental to achieve optimal loop stability and
dynamic performance of the boost converter and is strictly related to the operating
conditions.

7.4.1 Loop compensation

The compensation network can be quickly calculated using equations 4 through 9. Once
both RCOMP and CCOMP have been determined, a fine-tuning phase may be required in
order to get the optimal dynamic performance from the application.
The first parameter to be fixed is the switching frequency. Normally, a high switching
frequency allows reducing the size of the inductor but increases the switching losses and
negatively affects the dynamic response of the converter. For most of applications, the fixed
value (660 kHz) represents a good trade-off between power dissipation and dynamic
response, allowing to save an external resistor at the same time. In low-profile applications,
the inductor value is often kept low to reduce the number of turns; an inductor value in the
4.7 µH-15 µH range is a good starting choice.
Even if the loop bandwidth of the boost converter should be chosen as large as possible, it
should be set to 20 % of the switching frequency, taking care not to exceed the CCM-mode
Right Half-Plane Zero (RHPZ).

Equation 5
fU ≤ 0.2 ⋅ fSW

Equation 6
2
⎛ VIN,min ⎞ ⎛ VOUT ⎞
⎜⎜ ⎟ ⎜ ⎟⎟
2
M R ⎝ VOUT ⎟⎠ ⎜⎝ IOUT ⎠
fU ≤ 0.2 ⋅ = 0 .2 ⋅
2π ⋅ L 2π ⋅ L

Where VIN,min is the minimum input voltage, IOUT is the overall output current,

VIN,min VOUT
M= R=
VOUT IOUT

Note that, the lower the inductor value (or the lower the switching frequency) the higher the
bandwidth can be achieved. The output capacitor is directly involved in the loop of the boost
converter and must be large enough to avoid excessive output voltage drop in case of a
sudden line transition from the maximum to the minimum input voltages (∆VOUT should not
exceed 50-100 mV):

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Equation 7

IOUT ⎛⎜ V ⎞
⎟
∆VOUT = ⎜ 1 − IN _ MIN ⎟
2π ⋅ fU ⋅ C ⎝ VIN _ MAX ⎠

Once the output capacitor has been chosen, the RCOMP can be calculated as:

Equation 8
2π ⋅ fU ⋅ C
R COMP =
GM ⋅ gEA ⋅ M

Where GM = 2.7 S and gEA = 375 µS.

The CCOMP capacitor is determined to place the frequency of the compensation zero 5
times lower than the loop bandwidth:

Equation 9
1
C COMP =
2π ⋅ fZ ⋅ R COMP

Where fZ = fU / 5.
The close loop gain function (GLOOP) is thus given by equation 10:

Equation 10
L
1− s 2
⎛ 1 ⎞ M R
GLOOP = GM ⋅ gEA ⋅ ⎜⎜ R COMP + ⎟⎟ ⋅ RM
⎝ sC COMP ⎠ 1 + sRC

A simple technique to optimize different applications is to replace RCOMP with a 20kΩ

trimmer and adjust its value to properly damp the output transient response. Insufficient
damping will result in excessive ringing at the output and poor phase margin. Figures 5a and
5b give an example of compensation adjustment for a typical application.

Figure 47. Poor phase margin (a) and properly damped (b) load transient responses

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Figure 48. Load transient response measurement set-up

6.8μH VBST=30÷36V
VIN= 6V

CIN
4.7μF
MLCC
+5V

AVCC

VIN

OVSEL
LX

SLOPE

FSW
LDO5 ROW1

VBST
BILIM ROW2 RL =
50mA

RILIM PM6600 ROW3

SS ROW4

COMP ROW5

SGND ROW6
FAULT

MODE

PGND
SYNC
DIM

500Hz
EN

Up to 10 WLEDs per row

7.4.2 Slope compensation

The Constant Frequency, Peak Current-Mode topology has the advantage of very easy loop
compensation with output ceramic capacitors (reduced cost and size of the application) and
fast transient response. In addition, the intrinsic peak-current measurement simplifies the
current limit protection, avoiding undesired saturation of the inductor.
On the other side, this topology has a drawback: there is inherent open loop instability when
operating with a duty-ratio greater than 0.5. This phenomenon is known as "Sub-Harmonic
Instability" and can be avoided by adding an external ramp to the one coming from the
sensed current. This compensating technique, based on the additional ramp, is called
"Slope Compensation". In figure 11, where the switching duty-cycle is higher than 0.5, the
small perturbation ∆IL dies away in subsequent cycles thanks to the slope compensation
and the system reverts to a stable situation.

Figure 49. Main loop and current loop diagram

VIN

LX ROWx

SGND
PWM

Minimum voltage drop RILIM

COMP
gm selector
0.4V

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The SLOPE pin allows to properly set the amount of slope compensation connecting a
simple resistor RSLOPE between the SLOPE pin and the output. The compensation ramp
starts at 35 % (typ.) of each switching period and its slope is given by the following equation:

Equation 11

⎛V − VIN − VBE ⎞
SE = K SLOPE ⎜⎜ OUT ⎟⎟
⎝ R SLOPE ⎠

Where KSLOPE, VBE = 2 V (typ.) and SE is the slope ramp in [A/s].

To avoid sub-harmonic instability, the compensating slope should be at least half the slope
of the inductor current during the off-phase for a duty-cycle greater than 50 % (i.e. at the
lowest input voltage). The value of RSLOPE can be calculated according to equation 9.

Equation 12
2 ⋅ K SLOPE ⋅ L ⋅ (VOUT − VIN − VBE )
R SLOPE ≤
(VOUT − VIN )

Figure 50. Effect of slope compensation on small inductor current perturbation

(D > 0.5)

Inductor current (CCM)

Programmed inductor peak current with
slope compensation (SE)
0.35·TSW

ITRIP

Inductor current
∆IL perturbation

TSW t

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7.5 Soft-start
The Soft-Start function is required to perform a correct start-up of the system, controlling the
inrush current required to charge the output capacitor and to avoid output voltage overshoot.
The Soft-Start duration is set connecting an external capacitor between the SS pin and
ground. This capacitor is charged with a 5 µA constant current, forcing the voltage on the SS
pin to ramp up. When this voltage increases from zero to nearly 1.2 V, the current limit of the
power-MOSFET is proportionally released to its final value. In addition, during the initial part
of the Soft-Start, the switching frequency of the boost converter is reduced to half of the
nominal value to permit to use inductors with lower saturation current value; the nominal
switching frequency is restored after the SS pin voltage has crossed 0.8 V. In this mode, the
current runaway is avoided.

Figure 51. Soft-start sequence waveforms in case of floating ROWs

OVP
Floating ROWs detection
93% of OVP

Output voltage

SS pin voltage
AVCC

2.4V Protections turn active

1.2V Nominal switching

0.8V frequency release

tss
Current limit
100%

EN pin voltage

During the soft-start phase it is also performed the floating ROWs detection. In presence of
one or more floating ROWs, the error amplifier is unbalanced and the output voltage
increases; when it reaches the Floating ROW Detection (FRD) threshold (93 % of the OVP
threshold), the floating ROWs are managed according to Table 3 (see Section 3). After the
SS voltage reaches a 2.4 V threshold, the start-up finishes and all the protections turn
active. The soft-start capacitor CSS can be calculated according to equations 12.

Equation 13
ISS t SS
C SS ≅
2 .5
C SS ≅ 12 ⋅ 10 −6 ⋅ C OUT ⋅ (VOUT,max − VIN,min )

Where ISS = 5 µA and tSS is the desired Soft-start duration.

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7.6 Boost current limit

The design of the external components, especially the inductor and the flywheel diode, must
be optimized in terms of size relying on the programmable peak current limit. The PM6600
improves the reliability of the final application giving the way to limit the maximum current
flowing into the critical components. A simple resistor connected between the BILIM pin and
ground sets the desired value. The voltage at the BILIM pin is internally fixed to 1.2 V and
the current limit is proportional to the current flowing through the setting resistor, according
to the following equation:

Equation 14
KB
IBOOST,PEAK =
RBILIM

where K B = 6.7 ⋅ 10 5 V ± 15% .

The maximum allowed current limit is 5 A, resulting in a minimum setting resistor
RBILIM > 120 kΩ. The maximum guaranteed RMS current in the power switch is 2 Arms. The
current limitation works by clamping the COMP pin voltage proportionally to RBILIM. Peak
inductor current is limited to the above threshold decreased by the slope compensation
contribution.
In a boost converter the r.m.s. current through the internal MOSFET depends on both the
input and output voltages, according to equations 15a (DCM) and 15b (CCM).

Equation 15 a

VIN ⋅ D D
IMOS,rms =
FSW ⋅ L 3

Equation 15 b

⎛ D 1⎛ ⎞
2 ⎞
IMOS,rms = IOUT ⎜ + ⎜
VOUT
⎟ (D(1 − D ))3⎟
⎜ (1 − D)2 12 ⎜ I ⎟ ⎟
⎝ ⎝ OUT ⋅ fSW ⋅ L ⎠ ⎠

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7.7 Enable function

The PM6600 is enabled by the EN pin. This pin is active high and, when forced to SGND,
the device is turned off. This pin is connected to a permanently active 2 µA current source;
when sudden device turn-on at power-up is required, this pin must be left floating or
connected to a delay capacitor. When turned off, the PM6600 quickly discharges the Soft-
Start capacitor and turns off the power-MOSFET, the current generators and the LDO. The
power consumption is thus reduced to 20 µA only.
The proper startup sequence is DIM ' VIN ' EN, or VIN ' DIM ' EN. If the dimming signal is
applied after the EN pin, the device will not perform the soft start again, in fact it will start
switching with the maximum current limit in order to recover the output voltage.
In applications where the dimming signal is used to turn on and off the device, the EN pin
can be connected to the DIM pin as shown in Figure 52.

Figure 52. fDIM enabling schematic

DIM

BAS69 PM6600
EN

220k 100n
SGND

7.8 Thermal protection

In order to avoid damage due to high junction temperature, a thermal shutdown protection is
implemented. When the junction temperature rises above 150 °C (typ.), the device turns off
both the control logic and the boost converter and holds the FAULT pin low.
In order to turn on the device again, it is possible to perform a POR (Power On Reset) once
the junction temperature has been reduced by 30 °C.

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8 Backlight driver section

8.1 Current generators

The PM6600 is a LEDs driver with six channels (ROWs); each ROW is able to drive multiple
LEDs in series (max. 40 V) and to sink up to 30 mA maximum current, allowing to manage
different kinds of LEDs.
The LEDs current can be set by connecting an external resistor (RRILIM ) between the RILIM
pin and ground. The voltage across the RILIM pin is internally set to 1.2 V and the ROWs
current is proportional to the RILIM current according to the following equation:

Equation 16
KR
IROWx =
RRILIM

Where KR = 998 ± 21 V (± 2.1 %).

The current accuracy between the ROWs of more than one device is, consequently:

Equation 17
IROW _ KR =1019 − IROW _ KR =998
∆IROW,MAX = ≤ + 2 . 1%
IROW _ KR =998
IROW _ KR =977 − IROW _ KR =998
∆IROW,MIN = ≥ − 2. 1 %
IROW _ KR =998

In the table below there are the maximum, typical and minimum IROW values versus the
RRILIM:

Table 7. IROW values versus RRILIM

RRILIM IROW @ KR=977 IROW @ KR=998 IROW @ KR=1019

47.0 kΩ 20.79 mA 21.68 mA 21.68 mA

49.9 kΩ 19.58 mA 20.00 mA 20.42 mA
51.0 kΩ 19.16 mA 19.57 mA 19.98 mA

The maximum current mismatch between the ROWs of one device is

± 2 % @ IROWx = 20 mA, according to the formula:

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Equation 18

IROW _ max − IROW _ mean

∆IROWx,max = ≤ + 2%
IROW _ mean
IROW _ min − IROW _ mean
∆IROWx,min = ≥ − 2%
IROW _ mean
6
∑ IROWi
i=1
IROW _ mean =
6

Due to the spread of the LEDs' forward voltage, the total drop across the LED's strings will
be different. The device will manage the unconnected ROWs according to the MODE pin
setting (see Table 3).

8.2 PWM dimming

The brightness control of the LEDs is performed by a Pulse-Width Modulation of the ROWs
current. When a PWM signal is applied to the DIM pin, the current generators are turned on
and off mirroring the DIM pin behavior. Actually, the minimum dimming duty-cycle depends
on the dimming frequency. The real limit to the PWM dimming is the minimum on-time that
can be managed for the current generators; this minimum on-time is approximately 500 ns.
Thus, the minimum dimming duty-cycle depends on the dimming frequency according to the
following formula:

Equation 19
DDIM,min = 500ns ⋅ fDIM

For example, at a dimming frequency of 20 kHz, 1% of dimming duty-cycle can be

managed.
During the off-phase of the PWM signal the boost converter is paused, the current
generators are turned off and the output voltage is frozen across the output capacitor.
During the start-up sequence the dimming duty-cycle is forced to 100 % to detect floating
ROWs regardless of the applied dimming signal.

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9 Fault management

The main loop keeps the ROW having the lowest voltage drop regulated to about 400 mV.
This value slightly depends on the voltage across the remaining active ROWs. After the soft-
start sequence, all protections turn active and the voltage across the active current
generators is monitored to detect shorted LEDs.

9.1 FAULT pin

The FAULT pin is an open-collector output, active low, which gives information regarding
faulty conditions eventually detected. This pin can be used either to drive a status LED (with
a series resistor to not exceed 4 mA current) or to warn the host system. The FAULT pin
status is strictly related to the MODE pin setting (see Table 3 for details).

9.2 MODE pin

The MODE pin is a digital input and can be connected to AVCC or SGND in order to choose
the desired fault detection and management. The PM6600 can manage a faulty condition in
two different ways, according to the application needs. Table 3 summarizes how the device
detects and handles the internal protections related to the boost section (Over-Current,
Over-Temperature and Over-Voltage) and to the current generators section (open and
shorted LEDs).

Table 8. Faults management summary

FAULT MODE to GND MODE to VCC

Internal MOSFET over FAULT pin HIGH FAULT pin HIGH

current Power-MOS turned OFF Power-MOS turned OFF
FAULT pin LOW FAULT pin LOW
Output over voltage
Device turned OFF Latched Device turned OFF Latched
FAULT pin LOW FAULT pin LOW
Thermal shutdown
Device turned OFF Latched Device turned OFF Latched

FAULT pin LOW FAULT pin LOW

Shorted LEDs on a single
Faulty ROW DISABLED Faulty ROW DISABLED
row
VTH,FAULT = 8.2 V VTH,FAULT = 8.2 V
FAULT pin LOW FAULT pin LOW
Shorted LEDs on more rows Device Latched OFF Faulty ROWs DISABLED
VTH,FAULT = 8.2 V VTH,FAULT = 8.2 V
FAULT pin LOW FAULT pin HIGH
Open row
Faulty ROW DISABLED Faulty ROW DISABLED
More than one FAULT pin LOW FAULT pin HIGH
open rows Device Latched OFF Faulty ROWs DISABLED
FAULT pin LOW FAULT pin LOW
Open rows plus shorted led
Device Latched OFF Faulty ROWs DISABLED
(different rows)
VTH,FAULT = 8.2 V VTH,FAULT = 8.2 V

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9.3 Open LED fault

In case a ROW is not connected or a LED fails open, the device has two different behaviors
according to the MODE pin status.
If the MODE pin is high (connected to AVCC), the open ROW is excluded from the control
loop and the device continues to work properly with the remaining ROWs, without asserting
the FAULT pin.
Connecting the MODE pin to SGND, the PM6600 behaves in a different manner: as soon as
one open ROW is detected, the FAULT pin is tied low. In case a second open ROW is
detected, the device is turned off. The internal logic latches this status: to restore the normal
operation, the device must be restarted by toggling the EN pin or performing a Power On
Reset (POR occurs when the voltage at the LDO5 pin falls below the lower UVLO threshold
and subsequently rises above the upper one).
As a consequence, If less than six ROWs are used in the application, the MODE pin must be
set high.

9.4 Shorted LED fault

When a LED is shorted, the voltage across the related current generator increases of an
amount equal to the missing voltage drop of the faulty LED. Since the feedback voltage on
each active generator is constantly compared with a fixed fault threshold VTH,FAULT = 8.2 V,
the device detects the faulty condition and acts according to the MODE pin status.
In case the MODE pin is connected to AVCC, the PM6600 disconnects the ROWs whose
voltage is higher than the threshold and the FAULT pin is tied low. This option is also useful
to avoid undesired triggering of the shorted-LED protection simply due to the high voltage
drop spread across the LEDs.
If the MODE pin is low, when the voltage across one ROW is higher than VTH,FAULT
threshold, the FAULT pin is set low and that ROW is disabled. If the voltage of a second
ROW becomes higher than VTH,FAULT threshold, the device is turned off. The internal logic
latches this status until the EN pin is toggled or a POR is performed.

9.5 Intermittent connection

For intermittent connection it is intended the condition where the flat cable connector from
the leds backlight driver to the leds can have some issues on moving the panel of the
notebook. This kind of issue is represented as an intermittent connection, that means the
physical electrical connection between the ROWx pins of the PM6600 device and the White
LEDs can be open for a while.
The device will detect an open row fault.
There is one possible solution to determine whether the fault is due to the intermittent
connection or to a broken persistent electrical connection (open circuit). Since the device
disables the open rows during the intermittent connection, one possible solution is, on the
customer side, to toggle the EN pin and verify if the fault condition is still present.
In fact, once you disconnect one row, it will result as a off-row (Fault -> open row, latched).
When you connect it again, it is as a shorted led (Vrow higher than the threshold).
This is because the short led detection is still active.

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If the fault disappears after toggling the EN pin, it means that the connection is again on and
the problem can be detected as a previous intermittent connection.
If the fault persists also after toggling the EN pin, it means that the problem is on the leds
(one or more open leds) or on the flat cable or the cable connector (broken wire).
The resultant Fault Management table will be:

Table 9. Intermittent connection faults management summary

FAULT MODE to GND MODE to VCC

Internal MOSFET over FAULT pin HIGH FAULT pin HIGH

current Power-MOS turned OFF Power-MOS turned OFF
FAULT pin LOW FAULT pin LOW
Output over voltage
Device turned OFF Latched Device turned OFF Latched
FAULT pin LOW FAULT pin LOW
Thermal shutdown
Device turned OFF Latched Device turned OFF Latched

FAULT pin LOW FAULT pin LOW

Shorted LED on a single
Faulty ROW DISABLED Faulty ROW DISABLED
row
VTH,FAULT = 8.2 V VTH,FAULT = 8.2 V
FAULT pin LOW FAULT pin LOW
Shorted LEDs on more row Device Latched OFF Faulty ROWs DISABLED
VTH,FAULT = 8.2 V VTH,FAULT = 8.2 V
FAULT pin LOW FAULT pin LOW
Open row
Faulty ROW DISABLED Faulty ROW DISABLED
More than one FAULT pin LOW FAULT pin LOW
open rows Device Latched OFF Faulty ROWs DISABLED
FAULT pin LOW FAULT pin LOW
Open row plus shorted LED
Device Latched OFF Faulty ROWs DISABLED
(different rows)
VTH,FAULT = 8.2 V VTH,FAULT = 8.2 V

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10 Package mechanical data

In order to meet environmental requirements, ST offers these devices in ECOPACK®

packages. These packages have a Lead-free second level interconnect. The category of
second Level Interconnect is marked on the package and on the inner box label, in
compliance with JEDEC Standard JESD97. The maximum ratings related to soldering
conditions are also marked on the inner box label. ECOPACK is an ST trademark.
ECOPACK specifications are available at: www.st.com.

Table 10. VFQFPN-24 mechanical data

Dim. Min Typ Max

A 0.80 0.90 1.00

A1 0.00 0.02 0.05
A3 0.20
b 0.18 0.25 0.30
D 3.85 4.00 4.15
D2 2.40 2.50 2.60
E 3.85 4.00 4.15
E2 2.40 2.50 2.60
e 0.50
L 0.30 0.40 0.50
ddd 0.08

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Figure 53. VFQFPN-24 mechanical data

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Table 11. VFQFPN-24 footprint

Dim. Min Typ Max

X 0.28
Y 0.69
ADmax = AEmax 2.78
GDmin = GEmin 2.93
ZDmax = ZEmax 4.31
D2’ = E2’ 2.63

Figure 54. VFQFPN-24 footprint

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11 Revision history

Table 12. Document revision history

Date Revision Changes

07-Dec-2007 1 Initial release

21-Jan-2008 2 Updated Table 4, Table 5 and Table 6 on page 9

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