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News Release from: Catalyst Semiconductor | Subject: CAT3637
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 14 March 2008
Fractional charge pump boosts LED drive
efficiency
The CAT3637 is optimised for applications with one bank of five or six identical LED channels, a typical configuration for larger LED screen portable products.
Catalyst Semiconductor has expanded its line of patented Quad-Mode fractional charge pump LED drivers with a new device optimised for portable products The new CAT3637 addresses the requirements for high-efficiency and easy LED programming in these products, with 10% higher efficiency (compared with three-mode charge pumps) and a simple, 1-wire EZDim interface control
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 7 Feb 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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The CAT3637 is optimised for applications with one bank of five or six identical LED channels, a typical configuration for larger LED screen portable products.
The device incorporates a simplified version of Catalyst's already easy-to-use, 1-wire EZDim interface, which supports 16 output power levels, from zero to 30mA full brightness 2mA resolution steps.
With efficiency levels as high as 92%, no added capacitors required, and a tiny 3 x 3mm, low-profile TQFN package, the Quad-Mode CAT3637 saves significant board space and costs in next-generation portable products.
According to Scott Brown, Vice President of Marketing for Catalyst Semiconductor: "When it comes to LED-based products, we are seeing a wide variety of design approaches throughout the market, depending on the customer and application".
"The CAT3637 is the fifth device in Catalyst's Quad-Mode product line and exemplifies our strategy to be a "one-stop" vendor for a broad range of LED drivers which address this diversity of customer requirements".
The CAT3637 joins the following devices in Catalyst's Quad-Mode family of LED drivers: the CAT3604V four-channel LED driver with PWM dimming interface; and the CAT3636 six-channel, CAT3644 four-channel and CAT3643 three-channel devices with 1-wire EZDim interface.
The CAT3637 LED driver is priced at US $0.82 each in 10,000 piece quantities.
Samples and evaluation boards are also available.
Projected lead-time for production quantities is currently 6 to 8 weeks ARO.
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