MT7812

High Efficiency High Precision Buck Constant Current Driver

DESCRIPTION FEATURES
MT7812 is a high precision LED constant current  Critical Conduction Mode, not sensitive to
control chip operating at critical conduction mode the inductance.
(CRM) with zero current switched-on and peak  Up to 95% of efficiency
current switched-off. It’s mainly targeted for  Highly accurate constant LED current
non-isolated buck LED power systems.  Cycle-by-cycle current limitation

Critical conduction mode ensures that the  LED Short Circuit Protection

MT7812 turns on the internal power MOSFET  LED Over Voltage Protection

when the inductor current reaches zero, reducing  Leading edge blanking technique

the power MOSFET switching loss, the system  Under-voltage lockout (UVLO) protection

achieves more than 95% efficiency. With critical  Over temperature protection
conduction mode, and the input compensation,  SOP8 package

MT7812 outputs high accuracy LED current, and

further achieves good line regulation and load APPLICATIONS
regulation.
 LED bulb, LED tube, LED signal and
MT7812 embedded with internal power MOSFET,
landscape lamp
simplify the peripheral circuits. Low BOM cost is
achieved.  LED stage light, LED candle light, LED corn
light, etc
MT7812 has wide working voltage range, which
 General purpose constant current source
is suitable for full-range AC input or 10V-400V
DC input voltage. MT7812 provides various
kinds of protections, such as over current
protection(OCP), short circuit protection (SCP),
over voltage protection (OVP) and over
temperature protection(OTP), etc, to ensure
system reliability.

Typical Application Circuit

VM

Rst1
CO

MT7812
R1
Rst2 4 SW 5
DRAIN
Vin_ac 3 VCC 6
DRAIN
2 VOVP 7
NC
1 GND 8
C1 CS
C2
R2 Rcs

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ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM RATINGS

VCC maximum sink current 5mA
VOVP (over voltage protection pin) -0.3 ~ 6V
DRAIN (internal high-voltage power MOS drain) -0.3V ~ 500V
SOURCE (internal high-voltage power MOS source) -0.3 ~ 40V
CS (current detection pin) -0.3V ~ 6V
PDMAX (maximum power consumption) 0.8W
Storage Temperature -55°C ~ 150°C
Junction Temperature(Tj) 150°C

RECOMMENDEDE OPERATING CONDITIONS

Operating Temperature -40°C ~ 105°C
Output Current <200mA

PIN CONFIGURATIONS

Chip Mark
MT7812
YY WW xxxx
Manufacture code
Week code
Year code

PIN DESCRIPTION
Name Pin No. Description
GND 1 Ground
VOVP 2 Over voltage protection and line voltage compensation configuration
VCC 3 Chip power supply, internal clamped at 15.5V
SW 4 Internal high-voltage power MOS source
DRAIN 5/6 Internal high-voltage power MOS drain
NC 7 Floating
CS 8 Current sense input, connect a sense resistor to ground

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ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS
(Test condition: VCC=13V, TA=25°C unless otherwise stated.)
Symbol Parameter Min Typ Max Unit
Start-up and supply voltage （VCC Pin）
ISTART Start up current VCC< VCC_UV 60 150 μA
Lower threshold Voltage of
VCC_UV VCC Pin ramp down 5.5 V
VCC (UVLO)
VSTART Start-up voltage VCC Pin ramp up 12 V
VCC-CLAMP VCC Clamping voltage IDD<5mA 15.5 V
Supply current
Iop Operating current 0.3 mA
Current sense（CS Pin）
Peak current detection
VCS-TH 390 400 410 mV
threshold
Leading edge blanking at CS
LEB1 500 nS
pin
Thermal Protection
OTP Over temperature protection 155 ℃
Over temperature release
30 ℃
hysteresis
Driver Circuit
TOFF_MIN Minimum OFF time 1.5 uS
TOFF_MAX Maximum OFF time 400 uS
TON_MAX Maximum ON time 55 uS
High-voltage Power MOSFET（DRAIN/SOURCE）
Static drain-source VGS=13V/IDS=0.5A
RDSON 10 Ω
on-resistance
Drain-source breakdown VGS=0V/IDS=250uA
BVDSS 500 V
voltage

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BLOCK DIAGRAM

VCC
5V Reference Line
Int. Power
Voltage Comp. VOVP
GND DRAIN
500V
Zero Power
UVP Current MOS
UVLO Detection

SW
OCP
SCP PWM Control DRV
Int.
Switch

VOVP OVP
OVP

Peak Current
LEB
Detection
400mV
Rint
OTP
39K OTP CS

APPLICATION INFORMATION
MT7812 is a constant current driver with build-in voltage on CS pin reaches 400mV (internal
500V power MOSFET. It works in critical reference voltage), the internal power MOSFET
conduction mode, switches on the power is turned off. When the inductor current drops to
MOSFET at zero inductor current, this way zero, the system turns on the internal power
improves efficiency and reduces the power MOSFET again.
MOSFET switching loss. MT7812 is specially The peak inductor current is given by：
designed for LED lighting applications, simplified
400
peripheral circuits and low BOM cost is achieved. I LPK  (mA) （1）
RCS

Start up Where RCS is the current sense resistor in ohm.

The CS comparator also includes a 500nS
When power on, VCC is charged through the
leading edge blanking time to block the transient
start-up resister. As VCC reaches 12V, the
noise as the power switch just turned on.
control logic starts to work, and internal switch
The current in LED can be calculated as：
starts toggling. When VCC raise up to 15.5V, it
I LPK 400 mV
will be clamped. MT7812 shuts down as VCC I LED   (mA) （2）
2 2  Rcs
falls below 5.5V.
Where ILPK is the peak inductor current. Shown in
the above equation, the output current is
CRM and Output Current Setup
determined by the RCS and the 400mV reference
Internal switch current is cycle-by–cycle detected voltage, insensitive to the inductance of the
by monitoring the CS pin voltage. When the inductor.

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Switching Frequency TOFF_MAX=400uS, the minimum off-time

TOFF_MIN=1.5uS. Shown in TOFF equation, if the
MT7812 operates at critical conduction mode.
inductance is large, TOFF maybe longer than
When the inductor current is zero, the system
TOFF_MAX, the system will turn on the switch
turns on the internal switch, in result, the
before the inductor current falls to zero, after five
high-voltage power MOSFET is also turned on,
times consecutive TOFF_MAX cycles, the system
inductor current rises from the ground up. The
enters hiccup and re-start status. On the contrary,
power MOSFET conduction time is：
if inductance is small, T OFF may be shorter than
L  I LPK TOFF_MIN, then the inductor current has already
TON  （3）
VIN  VLED been reduced to zero before the next cycle starts,
the system enters into discontinuous mode. The
where L is the inductance of the inductor; ILPK is
actual LED current will be smaller than the target
peak current through the inductor; VIN is the DC
value.
voltage of the rectified input voltage; VLED is the
Maxic Technology Corporation provides software
forward voltage drop on the LED.
design tool of this chip, it helps customer to come
When the CS voltage increases to the 400mV,
out proper solution and to choose the right
the internal switch is turned off, in result, the
inductance value.
internal power MOSFET is also switched off. The
inductor current will discharge the LED through LED Over voltage protection setup
the free-wheeling diode. The internal switch
MT7812 sets the Over voltage protection
won’t turned on until the current in the inductor
threshold by VOVP pin (Pin2). The external R1
drops to zero. The power MOSFET turn-off time
and R2 form a resistive voltage divider.
is：
Over voltage protection threshold is：
L  I LPK R1
TOFF  （4） VOVP  0.90  （6）
VLED R2
R2 resistance is between 2.2kohm ~ 10kohm
Operating frequency of the system is：
（Refer to the following schematic. Equation (6)
V is based on the following assumptions:
VLED  (1  LED )
1 VIN Rst1=Rst2, R1 >Rst1. Rst1 and Rst2 is about
f  （5）
TON  TOFF L  I LPK 200k ohms. R1 resistance is in 500k ohm range）.
At the LED open circuit condition, once the
From the above equation, it’s showing that
output voltage exceeds the OVP threshold,
MT7812 operating frequency is determined by
MT7812 stops switching. Until the VCC voltage
the input voltage VIN, the LED forward voltage
drops to UVLO threshold, the system restarts.
drop VLED and the inductance L. The higher the VM
input voltage VIN, the higher the operating
Rst1
frequency. For both EMI and efficiency C1

consideration, the operating frequency located R1 MT7812

Rst2
between 30kHz~80kHz is recommended. To Vin_ac 4
SW DRAIN
3
VCC DRAIN
meet this requirement, appropriate inductance 2
VOVP NC
C2 1
GND CS
value should be determined at minimum input R2
voltage condition.
MT7812 sets the maximum off-time

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Consideration for OVP Setup: off-time TOFF is less than the TOFF_MIN(1.5us),
（1） Rst1 and Rst2 used as start-up System will not work in critical conduction mode
resistors. Rst1=Rst2, so the input voltage VM is any more, but in discontinues conduction mode
equally shared by these two resistors. At the under open-circuit condition. In this case, the real
middle point between Rst1 and Rst2, the input OVP threshold will be much higher than the
voltage VM is halved, and adopted for OVP calculated threshold by Equation (6). In this case,
threshold setup. Rst1 and Rst2 resistance is it is recommended that the customers either
between 150k ohm ~ 400k ohms. If it needs to lowering the Over voltage protection threshold or
support lower input voltage, these two resistors redesign the inductance to ensure that the OFF
should be smaller. On the contrary, these two time (TOFF) is greater than the TOFF_MIN（1.5us）
resistors can be larger to improve efficiency. under open-circuit condition.

（2） Affected by the accuracy of resistor Over-current Protection

string Rst1,Rst2 and R1, R2, further affected by
MT7812 immediately turns off the internal switch
the accuracy of the chip internal reference
and power MOSFET once the voltage at CS pin
voltage, the OVP threshold calculated by
reaches 400mV. This cycle- by- cycle current
Equation (6) may not exactly matches the real
limitation scheme prevents the relevant
value. The accurate OVP threshold can be
components, such as power MOSFET,
achieved by adjusting the resistor R2. If the real
transformer, etc. suffers from damage.
OVP threshold is lower than expected, then the
resistance of R2 should be decreased. On the Other Protection Features
contrary, the resistance of R2 should be
MT7812 provides various protections, such as
increased. R2 initial value can be 4.7k ohms,
LED short-circuit protection, current sense
then the resistance of R1 can be determined by
resistor open-circuit protection, current sense
Equation (6). Finally, fine tuning R2 to get
resistor short-circuit protection and over
accurate OVP threshold.
temperature protection, etc.
（3） Highly recommended to set the Over If it appears LED short-circuit and/or current
voltage protection threshold at least 1.7 times of sense resistor short-circuit condition, MT7812
the maximum LED voltage. For example, the immediately enters short-circuit protection status,
maximum LED voltage is 85V, the OVP ceasing switch toggling, discharging the VCC
threshold is better configured as 1.7X85 = 144V. capacitor simultaneously. Finally, system gets
If the 1.7 times maximum LED voltage still lower into the hiccups-restart mode and consumes
than 55V, then the OVP threshold should be set very low power. Once the short-circuit condition
at 55V or higher. is removed, the system automatically resumes to
It’s not recommended to set the OVP threshold normal working status.
too close to the normal operating LED voltage. It Thermal protection circuit monitors the PN
may false trigger the OVP protection during junction temperature. Once temperature
normal operation, flickering occurs in result. exceeds the OTP threshold, MT7812 enters into
protection status and suspends switching. If the
（4） Once the inductance L is determined,
temperature drops 30 degrees (in Celsius),
Over voltage protection threshold (OVP) can’t be
MT7812 resumes toggling and back to normal
set too high neither. If substitutes the OVP
status.
threshold into the Equation (4), the calculated

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PCB Layout Consideration 3) The VOVP connection wire and the related
resistor terminals must far away with the
1) The VCC (Pin3) de-coupling capacitor
MOSFET drain (Pin5, 6). The connection
(typically 1uF ~ 4.7uF ceramic capacitor)
wire should be as shorter as possible.
must close to the pin (Pin3) as much as
possible. Better not exceed 5mm. This can
greatly improve the system noise immunity.
2) The Pin5, 6 are the drain of the high-voltage
power MOSFET. They are the major noise
disturbance source. The GND plane must fill
underneath the chip to shield the drain
terminal with other pins. Further, the GND
plane underneath the chip must bare copper.
Refer to the PCB layout example shown
below.

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