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MBI5025

16-bit Constant Current LED Sink Driver

MBI5025CN/CNS MBI5016CNS

16 constant-current output channels Constant output current invariant to load voltage change Constant output current range: 3-50 mA Excellent output current accuracy: between channels: 3% (max.), and between ICs: 6% (max.) Output current adjusted through an external resistor Fast response of output current, OE (min.): 400 ns 25MHz clock frequency Schmitt trigger input 3.3V / 5V supply voltage

CN: P-DIP24-300-2.54 CNS: SDIP24-300-1.78

MBI5016CF MBI5025CD/CF

CD: SOP24-300-1.27 CF: SOP24-300-1.00

MBI5016CP MBI5025CP

SSOP24-P-150-0.64

Current Accuracy Between Channels Between ICs < 3% < 6%

Conditions IOUT = 3 mA ~ 35 mA

Product Description
MBI5025 is designed for LED displays. As an enhancement of its predecessor, MBI5016, MBI5025 exploits PrecisionDrive technology to enhance its output characteristics. MBI5025 contains a serial buffer and data latches which convert serial input data into parallel output format. At MBI5025 output stage, sixteen regulated current ports are designed to provide uniform and constant current sinks for driving LEDs within a large range of Vf variations. MBI5025 provides users with great flexibility and device performance while using MBI5025 in their system design for LED display applications, e.g. LED panels. Users may adjust the output current from 3 mA to 35 mA through an external resistor, R ext, which gives users flexibility in controlling the light intensity of LEDs. MBI5025 guarantees to endure maximum 17V at the output port. The high clock frequency, 25 MHz, also satisfies the system requirements of high volume data transmission.
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Block Diagram
OUT0

16-bit Constant Current LED Sink Driver

OUT1

OUT14 OUT15

R-EXT
VDD

IO Regulator

OE

16-bit Output Driver 16

LE

16-bit Output Latch 16 16-bit Shift Register SDO

GND

SDI CLK

Terminal Description
Pin No.
1 2 3

Pin Configuration
Function
GND 1 SDI 2 CLK 3 LE 4 OUT0 5 OUT1 6 OUT2 7 OUT3 8 OUT4 9 OUT5 10 OUT6 11 OUT7 12 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 VDD R-EXT SDO OE OUT15 OUT14 OUT13 OUT12 OUT11 OUT10 OUT9 OUT8

Pin Name
GND SDI CLK

Ground terminal for control logic and current sink Serial-data input to the shift register Clock input terminal for data shift on rising edge Data strobe input terminal

LE

Serial data is transferred to the output latch when LE is high. The data is latched when LE goes low.

5~20

OUT0 ~ OUT15 Constant current output terminals Output enable terminal

21

OE

When (active) low, the output drivers are enabled; when high, all output drivers are turned OFF (blanked). Serial-data output to the following SDI of next driver IC Input terminal used to connect an external resistor for setting up output current for all output channels 3.5V / 5V supply voltage terminal

22

SDO

23 24

R-EXT VDD

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Equivalent Circuits of Inputs and Outputs

OE terminal
VDD

LE terminal
VDD

IN

IN

CLK, SDI terminal

VDD

SDO terminal
VDD

IN

OUT

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Timing Diagram
N=0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

16-bit Constant Current LED Sink Driver

10

11

12

13

14

15

CLK SDI

LE

OE
OFF

OUT0 OUT1 OUT2 OUT3

ON OFF ON OFF ON OFF ON

OFF

OUT15

ON

SDO

: dont care

Truth Table
CLK LE H L H X X OE L L L L H SDI Dn Dn+1 Dn+2 Dn+3 Dn+3 OUT0 OUT 7 OUT15 Dn .. Dn - 7 . Dn - 15 No Change Dn + 2 . Dn - 5 . Dn - 13 Dn + 2 . Dn - 5 . Dn - 13 Off SDO Dn-15 Dn-14 Dn-13 Dn-13 Dn-13

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Maximum Ratings
Characteristic Supply Voltage Input Voltage Output Current Output Voltage Clock Frequency GND Terminal Current Operating Temperature Storage Temperature CN type CNS type Thermal Resistance (On PCB, Ta=25C) CD type CF type CP type

16-bit Constant Current LED Sink Driver

Symbol VDD VIN IOUT VDS FCLK IGND Topr Tstg Rating 0~7.0 -0.4~VDD + 0.4 +50 -0.5~+20.0 25 1440 -40~+85 -55~+150 53.82 66.74 Rth(j-a) 49.81 59.01 72.43 C/W Unit V V mA V MHz mA C C

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Recommended Operating Conditions

Characteristic Supply Voltage Symbol VDD Condition 3.0 Output Voltage VDS IOUT Output Current IOH IOL VIH Input Voltage VIL LE Pulse Width CLK Pulse Width OE Pulse Width Setup Time for SDI Hold Time for SDI Setup Time for LE Hold Time for LE Clock Frequency tw(L) tw(CLK) tw(OE) VDD=4.5~5.5V tsu(D) th(D) tsu(L) th(L) FCLK Cascade Operation 5 10 15 15 25.0 ns ns ns ns MHz OUT0 ~ OUT15 DC Test Circuit SDO SDO CLK, OE , LE and SDI CLK, OE , LE and SDI 3 0.8VDD -0.3 40 20 400 3.3 3.6 17.0 35 -1.0 1.0 VDD+0.3 0.3VDD V mA mA mA V V ns ns ns Min. 4.5 Typ. 5.0 Max. 5.5 V Unit

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Electrical Characteristics
Characteristic Input Voltage H level L level Symbol VIH VIL IOH VOL VOH IOUT1

16-bit Constant Current LED Sink Driver

Condition Ta = -40~85C Ta = -40~85C VOH=17.0V IOL=+1.0mA IOH=-1.0mA VDS=0.5V IOL=15mA VDS=0.5V VDS=0.8V IOL=30mA VDS=0.8V Rext=1260 Rext=1260 Rext=620 Rext=620

Min. 0.8VDD GND 4.6 -

Typ. 15.0 1

Max. VDD 0.3VDD 0.5 0.4 3

Unit V V A V V mA

Output Leakage Current Output Voltage

SDO

Output Current 1
Current Skew

dIOUT1 IOUT2

Output Current 2
Current Skew

30.0 1 0.1 1 500 500 9 10 11 10 11

3 800 800 -

mA

dIOUT2 %/dVDS %/dVDD RIN(up) RIN(down) IDD(off) 1

250 250

% %/V %/V K K

Output Current vs. Output Voltage Regulation Output Current vs. Supply Voltage Regulation Pull-up Resistor Pull-down Resistor

VDS within 1.0V and 3.0V VDD within 4.5V and 5.5V OE LE Rext=Open, Rext=1260 , Rext=620 , Rext=1260 , Rext=620 ,
OUT0 ~ OUT15 OUT0 ~ OUT15 OUT0 ~ OUT15 OUT0 ~ OUT15 OUT0 ~ OUT15

=Off =Off =Off =On =On

OFF Supply Current ON

IDD(off) 2 IDD(off) 3 IDD(on) 1 IDD(on) 2

mA

Test Circuit for Electrical Characteristics

IDD

VDD OE

IOUT
OUT0

IIH,IIL

CLK LE SDI R - EXT GND

. . . .

OUT15

SDO

VIH, VIL

Iref

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Switching Characteristics
Characteristic CLK - OUTn Propagation Delay Time (L to H) LE - OUTn OE - OUTn CLK - SDO CLK - OUTn Propagation Delay Time (H to L) LE - OUTn OE - OUTn CLK - SDO CLK Pulse Width LE OE Hold Time for LE Setup Time for LE Maximum CLK Rise Time Maximum CLK Fall Time Output Rise Time of Iout Output Fall Time of Iout

16-bit Constant Current LED Sink Driver

Symbol tpLH1 tpLH2 tpLH3 tpLH tpHL1 tpHL2 tpHL3 tpHL tw(CLK) tw(L) tw(OE) th(L) tsu(L) tr** tf** tor tof

Condition

Min. 15

Typ. 50 50 20 20 100 100 50 20 70 40

Max. 100 100 100 150 150 150 500 500 200 120

Unit ns ns ns ns ns ns ns ns ns ns ns ns ns ns ns ns ns

VDD=5.0 V VDS=0.8 V VIH=VDD VIL=GND Rext=300 VL=4.0 V RL=52 CL=10 pF

15 20 20 400 5 5 -

If the devices are connected in cascade and tr or tf is large, it may be critical to achieve the timing required for data transfer between two cascaded devices.

Test Circuit for Switching Characteristics

IDD

IOUT
VIH, VIL
OE VDD OUT0

Function Generator

CLK LE SDI R - EXT GND

. . .

OUT15

RL
SDO

CL
VL

Logic input waveform VIH = 5V VIL = 0V tr = tf = 10 ns

Iref

CL

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Timing Waveform
tW(CLK)

16-bit Constant Current LED Sink Driver

CLK

50%

50%

50%

tsu(D)

th(D)
50%

SDI

50%

SDO
tpLH, tpHL

50%

tW(L)
50% 50%

LE
th(L) OE

tsu(L)
LOW = OUTPUTS ENABLED HIGH = OUTPUT OFF

OUTn tpLH1, tpHL1 tpLH2, tpHL2

50%

LOW = OUTPUT ON

tW(OE) OE
50% 50%

tpHL3
90% 50% 10%

tpLH3
90% 50% 10%

OUTn

tof

tor

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Application Information Constant Current

16-bit Constant Current LED Sink Driver

To design LED displays, MBI5025 provides nearly no variations in current from channel to channel and from IC to IC. This can be achieved by: 1) The maximum current variation between channels is less than 3%, and that between ICs is less than 6%. 2) In addition, the current characteristic of output stage is flat and users can refer to the figure as shown below. The output current can be kept constant regardless of the variations of LED forward voltages (Vf). This performs as a perfection of load regulation.

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.

60 50 Iout (mA) 40 30 20 10 0 0 500 1000 Rext () 1500 2000 2500

VDS = 1.0V

Resistance of the external resistor, Rext, in Also, the output current can be calculated from the equation: VR-EXT = 1.26VIOUT = (VR-EXT / Rext ) x 15 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 30mA at 620 and 15mA at 1260.

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Package Power Dissipation (PD)

16-bit Constant Current LED Sink Driver

The maximum allowable package power dissipation is determined as P D(max) = (Tj Ta) / Rth(j-a). When 16 output channels are turned on simultaneously, the actual package power dissipation is PD(act) = (IDD x VDD) + (IOUT x Duty x VDS x 16). Therefore, to keep P D(act) PD(max), the allowable maximum output current as a function of duty cycle is: IOUT = { [ (Tj Ta) / Rth(j-a) ] (IDD x VDD) } / VDS / Duty / 16, where Tj = 150C.

Load Supply Voltage (VLED)

MBI5025 are designed to operate with VDS ranging from 0.4V to 0.8V (IOUT=5~35mA) considering the package power dissipating limits. VDS may be higher enough to make PD(act) > PD(max) when VLED = 5V and VDS = VLED Vf, in which VLED is the load supply voltage. In this case, it is recommended to use the lowest possible supply voltage or to set an external voltage reducer, VDROP. A voltage reducer lets VDS = (VLED Vf) VDROP. Resistors or Zener diode can be used in the applications as shown in the following figures.

VLED VDROP

VLED VDROP

Vf

Vf

VDS

VDS

MBI5025

MBI5025

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Package Outline

16-bit Constant Current LED Sink Driver

MBI5025CNS Outline Drawing

MBI5025CD Outline Drawing

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MBI5025CF Outline Drawing

MBI5025CP Outline Drawing

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