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MBI1804
All-Ways-On
TM High-Power LED Driver
November 2004, V1.00.
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Adjusting Output Current
The output current of each channel (IOUT) is set by an external resistor, Rext. The relationship between IOUT and Rext
is shown in the following figure.
Relationship between IOUT and Rext
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Rext (
Ω)
Also, the output current can be calculated from the equation:
VR-EXT = 1.26V;IOUT = (VR-EXT / Rext ) x 60= (1.26V / Rext ) x 60
where Rext is the resistance of the external resistor connected to R-EXT terminal and VR-EXT is the voltage of R-EXT
terminal. The magnitude of current (as a function of Rext) is around 210 mA at 360Ω and 105 mA at 720Ω.
VDS = 1.0V
Figure 5