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Linear constant current driver from Diodes Incorporated provides versatile control for LED applications
The AL8400 linear LED driver controller from Diodes Incorporated has been designed to tightly regulate a wide variation of high brightness LED currents via an external transistor. Suiting a broad range of LED chains in illumination, indication or signage systems, the controller can directly operate from 2.2V to 18V and will drive either N-channel MOSFET or NPN Bipolar transistors.
The AL8400 has a very low 200mV current sense voltage, which reduces operating voltage overheads and increases efficiency compared with traditional solutions. Its open collector output drives the external pass transistor allowing it to regulate LED currents from tens of mA to above an amp.
Using an external pass transistor allows power dissipation and maximum drive capability to be optimised. Longer LED chains needing significantly more than 18V can be driven with minimal additional external components.
For more information on the full range of Diodes Inc. products available from Anglia please call +44 (0)1945 474747 or email info@anglia.com
This news article was originally published in February 2011.