MT7638

Maximizing IC Performance LED Current Ripple Remover

DESCRIPTION FEATURES
MT7638 is a controller for removing the  Removing 100/120Hz ripple current
100/120Hz LED current ripple on high PF  Internal 150V power MOSFET
pre-driver circuit. The adaptive technology of  Build-in VDD clamp voltage: 15V
MT7638 ensures minimum power dissipation  Simplified peripheral circuits
while removing LED current ripple.  Auto-adjust current ripple at high
temperature
MT7638 integrates 150V power MOSFET. It
 Over temperature protection
clamps the input voltage on VDD pin by 15V, and
 Short circuit protection
clamps the internal maximum current by 15mA.
 Available in ESOP8 package
Only one resistor is connected between VDD
and Vin+, when the clamping current is too high,
which is caused by large input voltage
(exceeding 15V). MT7638 can flexibly adjust
LED peak current by the sensing resistor
between the CS pin and ground, which avoids APPLICATION
the LED and the MOSFET damaged when LED
 Fluorescent, panel light
short connected or hot plug.
 Bulb, decorative light
With built-in temperature compensation, the
system automatically adjusts the current ripple at
high temperature to reduce MOSFET power
dissipation and ensures system reliability.

Typical Application Circuit

Vin+ LED+
LED1

R1
LEDn

Cout MT7638 LED-

VDD RVD R2
CAP DRAIN
C1 NC CS
C2 GND NC
DRAIN
Rcs
Vin-

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ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM RATINGS

CAP, RVD, -0.3V ~ 6V

VDD, CS -0.3V ~ 40V
DRAIN pin voltage -0.3V ~ 150V
Storage Temperature range -55°C ~ 150°C
Junction Temperature (Tj) 160°C

RECOMMENDED OPERATING CONDITIONS

Supply voltage VDD 15V

Operating Temperature -40°C ~ 105°C

PIN CONFIGURATIONS

Chip Mark
RVD 1 8 VDD
MT7638
MT7638

CS 2 7 CAP
XX Y WW XX
NC 3 6 GND Manufacture code
DRAIN
DRAIN 4 5 NC Week code
Year code
(ESOP8) Manufacture code

Pin description
Name Pin No Description
RVD 1 Short protection sense pin, connect a resistor to DRAIN pin
CS 2 Current sense pin
NC 3,5 No connection
DRAIN 4 Drain of the internal MOSFET
GND 6 Chip ground
CAP 7 Connect a 1uF ~ 4.7uF capacitor to ground
VDD 8 Power supply
Bottom plane Drain of the internal MOSFET

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ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS

(Test conditions: VDD=15V, TA=25°C unless otherwise stated)

Ma
Symbol Parameter Min Typ Unit
x
Vclamp VDD Clamp voltage 15 V
VDDstp Start-up voltage 11 V
UVLO VDD shut down voltage 8.5 V
Ivdd Operation Current 650 uA
Iclamp VDD clamp current 15 mA
Vocp Threshold voltage of short protection 1 V
Tstart Start-up time 100 ms
Tshutdown Shutdown point of OTP 160 ℃
T_hys Hysteresis temperature of OTP 50 ℃
T_therm Threshold of OTP 130 ℃
Tscd Short protection delay time 60 us
Tsch Short protection hold time 260 ms
Internal MOSFET (DRAIN Pin)
Ron Internal MOSFET turn-on resistance VGS=10V/ID=2A 260 mΩ
BVDSS Breakdown voltage VGS=0V/ID=250uA 150 V

BLOCK DIAGRAM

VDD RVD DRAIN

SCP
sensing
AVDD

Power Nonlinear
Supple control

CS
Temperatur
e sensing

CAP GND

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TYPICAL CHARACTERISTICS

Pre-driver: MT7842-9W, Vout =54V / Iout=0.15A, COUT =47uF*3, unless otherwise noted.

Output Waveform without MT7638 Output Waveform with MT7638

CH2: VLED; CH4: ILED CH2: VLED; CH4: ILED

Pre-driver power off Continuous Power on/off Test

CH1: CAP; CH2: VDD; CH1: CAP; CH2: VDD;
CH3: Drain of the MOSFET; CH3: Drain of the MOSFET;
CH4: ILED CH4: ILED

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SCP (Short Circuit Protection) Efficiency Comparison

CH1: CAP; CH2: VDD; (with and without MT7638)
CH4: ILED

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APPLICATION INFORMATION
MT7638 adjusts the internal circuit by a Pre-driver shut down
compensation capacitor based on the average If the voltage of the VCS is lower than 100mV,
current across the internal MOSFET to make the and this state holds for more than 10ms, MT7638
LED current equal to the average current of considers the pre-driver has shut down. When
pre-drive circuit . the pre-driver circuit shut down, the output
MT7638 drives internal MOSFET to transfer the current is reduced, and the voltage on CS pin
LED current ripple to voltage ripple, so as to decreases. MT7638 turns on the internal
ensure the constant voltage across LED string MOSFET, and charges the CAP pin to increase
and minimize the current ripple. For different the restart-up speed.
output current and current ripple of the pre-driver,
the system can automatically adjust the ripple
Over Temperature Protection
current without tuning external parameters.
When the IC junction temperature exceeds
Start Up T_therm (130℃), the internal current ripple starts
to be increased, while the power dissipation of
MT7638 will start once the VDD voltage exceeds
MOSFET reduces. When the temperature goes
the VDDstp. The internal clamp circuit starts to
up to reach the OTP threshold (160℃), MT7638
work when the VDD is higher than Vclamp (15V).
shuts down, and the LED current decrease to 0.
The maximum clamping current (Iclamp) is
It will restart until the temperature decrease to
15mA.
lower than 110℃.
If the power supply voltage is lower than Vclamp,
it can be directly added to VDD pin. MT7638 can
LED Short-circuit Protection
also be supplied by input voltage through a
resistor, which is connected between input MT7638 detects the short circuit by monitoring
voltage and VDD pin, and is ensured by the the voltage on the RVD pin. When the drain
MT7638 design tool. And a 1uF filter capacitor voltage of MOSFET exceeds the short protection
is needed between the VDD pin and ground. threshold Vscp, MT7638 immediately turns off
the internal MOSFET. The short circuit state is
Theory of Operation reset after 260ms.
The short protection threshold is calculated as:
MT7638 constitutes a low bandwidth loop
(<100Hz) by connecting a compensation Vscp=40uA×R2+2V, Vscp<VLED
capacitor on CAP pin. It controls the internal VLED: The total voltage drop on LED.
current source, and ensures the constant current
LED+ LED-
across internal MOSFET in 10ms/8.3ms to
remove the 100Hz /120Hz ripple. LED1 LEDn
R2
With Maxic’s proprietary technology, such loop
circuit adjusts the voltage on the drain of internal RVD
DRAIN
MOSFET to minimum to improve the efficiency of CS

the system when the input current is different Rcs

from the ripple current.

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PCB Design Guideline 2) The pin4 is the drain of the power MOSFET.

The following rules should be followed in It is the major noise disturbance source.

MT7638 PCB layout: Recommended to put copper plane at

DRAIN pin for better thermal dissipation.
1) The bypass capacitor of CAP should be
3) The power ground path for sense resistor
placed as close as possible to the CAP and
should be short. And the ground area should
GND pin of the IC, the ground path should
be as large as possible for better thermal
be short.
performance.

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PACKAGE INFORMATION

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