TPS61165

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  "title": "TPS61165",
  "brief": "TI white-LED boost driver, SOT-23-6. Drives a series LED string to 38 V, 1-wire dimming. Datasheet-verified.",
  "version": "0.1.0",
  "license": "CC-BY-SA-4.0",
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    "mpn": "TPS61165",
    "manufacturer": "Texas Instruments",
    "package": "SOT-23-6",
    "pin_count": 6,
    "category": "Driver",
    "subcategory": "LED driver",
    "datasheet": "https://www.ti.com/lit/ds/symlink/tps61165.pdf",
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        "number": "1",
        "name": "VIN",
        "type": "power_in",
        "description": "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."
      },
      {
        "number": "2",
        "name": "CTRL",
        "type": "input",
        "description": "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."
      },
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        "number": "3",
        "name": "SW",
        "type": "power_out",
        "description": "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."
      },
      {
        "number": "4",
        "name": "GND",
        "type": "power_in",
        "description": "Device ground return. Also the reference for the thermal pad, which should be soldered to the analog ground plane."
      },
      {
        "number": "5",
        "name": "COMP",
        "type": "output",
        "description": "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."
      },
      {
        "number": "6",
        "name": "FB",
        "type": "input",
        "description": "Feedback pin for LED current sensing. Connect the sense resistor (Rset) from FB to GND; regulated feedback voltage is 200 mV (typ, 2% accuracy)."
      }
    ],
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    "specs": {
      "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"
    }
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  "author": {
    "name": "Ray",
    "email": "[email protected]"
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