SM8136A

SEIKO NPC CORPORATION —9

Switching from

×1.5 Mode to ×1.0 Mode

The LED VF increases immediately after the LED current starts to flow, and then decreases as the LED temper-

ature increases due to the heating effect of the current flow. It can take about 10 seconds or more for the LED

temperature to stabilize and for VF to reach equilibrium, and VF may fluctuate more than 200mV. The VF fluc-

tuation is affected by the ambient temperature and LED current setting, and has a large affect on the automatic

mode switching voltage tolerances. To counter the effects of VF fluctuation, the SM8136A outputs a mode

reset signal once every 1.0 seconds which automatically switches the output mode to

×1.0, and then a determi-

nation is made whether to make the

×1.0 → ×1.5 mode switch.

(1) Mode reset signal is output once every 1.0 seconds.

(2) Mode switches from

×1.5 to ×1.0 mode on the rising edge of the mode reset signal.

(3) A 200

µs (max) mode hold time begins after switching to ×1.0 mode. LED drive current insufficient state is

detected but the mode is not switched during this interval.

(4) LED drive current insufficient signal is ignored during the mode hold time, but normal mode switching

operation resumes when the mode hold time elapses.

Switching from

×1.5 mode to ×1.0 mode due to mode reset signal

Mode hold

L: hold

Mode reset

1.0sec/cycle

min 80

µs

max 200

µs

ignore

5.0V

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

1.5 mode

1.0 mode

1.5 mode