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TPS61165

Texas Instruments · LED driver · SOT-23-6

Boost converter built to drive a string of white LEDs at constant current, the classic backlight driver. It steps a 3 to 5.5 V input up to as much as 38 V to push current through several LEDs in series, holding the current constant so brightness stays even, and a single CTRL pin dims the string either by a simple PWM or by TI's EasyScale one-wire digital protocol. External FB and COMP set the current and loop. A compact backlight and indicator-string driver.

Pinout

Pin Name Type Function
1 VIN power_in Input supply pin for the IC. Connect to a 3-V to 18-V supply with a ≥ 1 µF bypass capacitor. UVLO rising ~2.5 V with 70 mV hysteresis.
2 CTRL input Multifunction control pin for enable, one-wire EasyScale digital dimming, and PWM dimming (5 kHz-100 kHz). Logic high ≥ 1.2 V, logic low ≤ 0.4 V; internal 800-kΩ pull-down. Holding low > 2.5 ms shuts the device down.
3 SW power_out Switching node of the internal 40-V N-channel MOSFET (RDS(on) = 0.3 Ω typ, ILIM = 1.2 A). Connect the switched side of the boost inductor here; also senses output voltage for 38-V open-LED protection.
4 GND power_in Device ground return. Also the reference for the thermal pad, which should be soldered to the analog ground plane.
5 COMP output Output of the transconductance error amplifier. Connect an external capacitor (e.g. 220 nF) to compensate the loop; Gea = 320 umho typ, Rea = 6 MΩ.
6 FB input Feedback pin for LED current sensing. Connect the sense resistor (Rset) from FB to GND; regulated feedback voltage is 200 mV (typ, 2% accuracy).

Key specifications

Parameter Value
Type White-LED boost driver (constant current)
Input 3-5.5 V
Output Up to 38 V (LED string)
Dimming PWM or EasyScale 1-wire (CTRL)
Switch Integrated
Current set External (FB)
Package SOT-23-6

Ordering variants

Same part, different packaging or reel option.

  • TPS61165DBVR (SOT-23-6)
  • TPS61165DBVT (SOT-23-6, small reel)

CAD (KiCad official)

  • Symbol: Driver_LED:TPS61165DBV (KiCad official)
  • Footprint: Package_TO_SOT_SMD:SOT-23-6
  • 3D model: SOT-23-6 (KiCad packages3D, STEP)
  • 3D model files: tps61165-etched.step / tps61165-etched.glb carry the MPN laser-etched on the die in a toggleable Adom.LaserEtch group (Fusion-ready); tps61165.step / tps61165.glb are the bare package body.

Provenance

Data extracted from the manufacturer datasheet, not a distributor listing:

  • Datasheet: Texas Instruments datasheet (38 pp, sha256 d3515134b3388868, retrieved 2026-08-17, tier: manufacturer)
  • Extractor: ds2sf (Claude). Every pin and dimension is cited to a datasheet page; it refuses to fabricate.
  • CAD: KiCad official libraries (CC-BY-SA 4.0).

Datasheet PDF