BL8581A

PWM or Singl-Wire Dimming, 4-Channels WLED Linear Driver

DESCRIPTION FEATURES
The BL8581A is a CMOS based White/Blue • 2.7 to 5.5V input range
LED driver with stand-alone capability. The • Single-wire dimming control with linear
driver is primarily designed for LED 16- steps
backlighting of LCD display powered by Li-ion • PWM dimming control
battery With its high efficiency, low standby • LED sink current of max. 20mA
current and wide range of input supply • Independent current sink circuit for each
voltage, the BL8581A is suitable for LED output
applications such as portable device display • Low standby current
and keypad backlighting. It can realize PWM
• High accuracy current match on each
or single-wire dimming control through EN pin.
channel
BL8581A has four LED channels with MSOP-
8 or QFN 3X3 -16 package. APPLICATIONS
• Small Size Color LCD Backlights Driver
• Mobile Phone, Portable DeviEN Keypad
Backlights Driver

TYPICAL APPLICATION

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MARKING INFORMATION ORDERING INFORMATION
Product
BL8581ACE8TR BL8581A □
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Classification
Code Description
Marking
Temperature&Rohs:
LED1
LED1 LED
LED22 LED
LED33 LED4
LED4
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1
C: -40~85°C, Pb Free Rohs Std.
8 7 6 5 Package type:
E8: MSOP-8
KB: Product
Code KB
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2 JKA: QFN 3X3 –16
KB JKB: QFN 3X3 –16
YY: LOT No. YYBNN
YYBZZ JKC: QFN 3X3 –16
B: FAB Code
ZZ: Date Code Packing type:
1 2 3 4 □
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TR:Tape&Reel (Standard)
GND EN VCC GND

Top view PIN DESCRIPTION

Product
BL8581ACJKATR Name Function Description
Classification
Marking NC NC NC LED1
LED1 RGB or WLED Cathode
16 15 14 13 LED1-LED4
Connection Pin
NC 1 12 LED2
LED2
Chip Enable and Dimming
EN
NC 2 11 LED3
LED3 Control
KBA
KBA: Product YYBNN VCC Power Supply
Code NC 3 10 LED4
LED4
KBA
YY: LOT No
GND Ground
YYBZZ NC 4 9 NC NC Not Connected
B: FAB Code
ZZ: Date Code 5 6 7 8
GND GND VCC EN
ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM RATING
Top view –0.3V to
Product Supply voltage
BL8581ACJKBTR 7V
Classification –0.3V to
Marking Voltage of LEDn, EN pin
EN NC GND VCC 7V
16 15 14 13
12 NC
Maximum Junction Temperature 125°C
NC 1
–40°C to
Operating Ambient Temperature Range
NC 2
KBB
11 NC 85°C
KBB: Product YYBNN –40°C to
Code LED1 3
LED1 10 NC Storage Temperature Range
KBB 150°C
YY: LOT No
YYBZZ LED2
LED2 4 9 NC Lead Temperature (Soldering, 10 sec) 260°C
B: FAB Code
ZZ: Date Code 5 6 7 8
LED3
LED3 LED4
LED4 NC NC Note: Exceed these limits to damage to the device.
Note: Exposure to absolute maximum rating
Top view conditions may affect device reliability.
Product
BL8581ACJKCTR RECOMMENDED OPERATING
Classification
Marking NC EN GND VCC CONDITIONS
16 15 14 13

NC 1 12 NC Items MIN MAX Unit

NC 2 11 NC
Supply Voltage Range 2.7 5.5 V
KBC
KBC: Product YYBNN Operating Temperature -25 85 ℃
Code LED1 3
LED1 10 NC
KBC
YY: LOT No
YYBZZ LED2 4
LED2 9 NC
B: FAB Code
ZZ: Date Code 5 6 7 8
LED3
LED3 LED4
LED4 GND VCC

Top view

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BLOCK DIAGRAM

VCC LED1
LED1 LED2
LED2 LED3
LED3 LED4
LED4

EN Enable

Shunt
Regulator

GND

ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS
VCC=3.7V, Ta=25°C, No Load, Input: VEN=3.7V. (Unless otherwise noted)
Symbols Parameters Conditions MIN TYP MAX Unit
VIL EN Pin “Low” Logic 0.4 V
VIH EN Pin “High” Logic 1.7 V
IIL EN Pin “Low” Input Current -1 µA
IIH EN Pin “High” Input Current 1 µA
Td PWM dimming control delay time 20 µS
Latch off time before transient to the
Tlat 20 µS
new current level (see figure 2)
Required positive and negative pulse Pulse dimming
Tpulse 4 20 µS
width control
VLEDL LEDn Dropout Voltage 100 mV
ILED LEDn Sink Current 18 20 22 mA
∆ILEDn LEDn Sink Current Deviation -3 3 %
IQ Quiescent Current 250 400 µA
ISTBY Standby Supply Current VEN=”0” 0.5 µA

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION
BL8581A works with a wide range of supply pulse width wider than 20uS is regarded as a
voltage, from 2.7V to 5.5V. The forward signal to stop the build-in counter. The time
voltage of commercial white/blue LED is in between two wide high levels (more than
the range of 2.9V to 3.5V at a current level of 20uS) is a counting period. When some rise
20mA. Proper selection of the LED to match edges occur between two high level pulses of
the supply voltage can fully utilize the Li-ion 20us, the equation as shown below can
battery. For example, there is 1% ~ 3 % calculate the active pulse number, called
power left in the Li-ion battery when its Code_No.
voltage reaches 3.275V. So a LED with a
forward voltage value of 3.2V can use up to
99% of the battery power under normal
Code _ No = Mod ( N ,16) ,
working condition. When the voltage of the
battery drops below 3.2V, the current through In the equation, N is the number of rise edges
the LED (hence the brightness) starts to of the input waveform and mod function
decrease. returns the remainder of N divided by 16. For
example, if N=0, 16, or other integral multiple
Startup sequence of 16, the mod function returns a value of 0, if
BL8581A starts to work only when VCC N=1, 17 or other integral multiple of 16 plus 1,
powered on and the EN pin became high the mod function returns a value of 1, and so
after a delay, the delay time is at least 4us. on.
EN pin is not allowed to connect to VCC The relationship between LEDs’ brightness
directly or keep it floating. and the Code_No is listed as the following
table.
PWM dimming control
Code No ISET/20mA Code No ISET/20mA
If the frequency of the PWM signal to the EN 0 0 8 8/15
pin is less than 5KHz, the average LED 1 15/15 9 7/15
current is proportional to the duty cycle of the
2 14/15 10 6/15
PWM signal, and the EN works as a simple
3 13/15 11 5/15
on/off control. A high level turns on and a low
4 12/15 12 4/15
shuts down the LEDs. There is a delay time
between the input PWM signal and the output 5 11/15 13 3/15
LED current waveform, as shown in Fig.1, the 6 10/15 14 2/15
TD is about 20uS. 7 9/15 15 1/15

ON duty
The frequency of the input pulse should be
EN lower than 100KHz, and the width of the high
Td=20uS level and low level larger than 4uS to prevent
Td=20uS false trigger.
20mA

I_LED Code_No=1 Code_No=4

Fig. 1 PWM Dimming Control

Single-wire dimming control

EN 20uS
The LEDs’ brightness can also be controlled
by the pulses applied to the EN pin, Refer to
the Fig. 2. Inside the device there is a 4-bit 20uS Iset/20mA=15/15
counter connecting to the EN pin. The LED I_LE Iset/20mA=12/15
current can be programmed up to 16 levels D
depends on the number of rise edges of the Fig. 2 Single-Wire Dimming Control
input waveform. A high level input (“1”) with

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TYPICAL PERFORMANEN CHARACTERISTICS
Quiescent Current vs Supply Current Quiescent Current vs Temperature
(Ta=25℃) (VCC=3.7V)

350 450
400

Quiescent Current (uA)

Quiescent Current (uA)

300
350
250
300
200 250
150 200
150
100
100
50 50
0 0
3.0 3.5 4.0 4.5 5.0 -40 -20 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140
Supply Voltage (V) Temperature (℃)

ILED vs Supply Voltage ILED vs LEDn Dropout Voltage

(VCC=3.7V, VLEDn=3.2V) (VCC=3.7V)

22 25

20 20
LED Current (mA)

18
ILED (mA)

15
16
10
14

12 5

10 0
3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 4.0 4.1 4.2 0.01 0.1 1 10
Supply Voltage (V) LEDn Dropout Voltage (V)

ILED vs Temperature LED Current VS Code_No

(VCC=3.7V)
20
20.2
20.2 16
LED Current(mA)

20.1
20.1 12
ILED (mA)

20.0
20.0
8
19.9
19.9
4
19.8
19.8
19.7 0
-50 -25 0 25 50 75 100 125 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16
Temperature (℃) Code_No

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PACKAGE INFORMATION
Package MSOP-8 Devices per reel 3000Pcs Unit mm

Package specification：

Dimension (mm) Dimension (mm)

Symbol Symbol
MIN NOM MAX MIN NOM MAX
A - - 1.10 D 2.90 3.00 3.10
A1 0.05 0.15 E 4.70 4.90 5.10
A2 0.75 0.85 0.95 E1 2.90 3.00 3.10
A3 0.30 0.35 0.40 e 0.65BSC
b 0.29 - 0.38 L 0.40 - 0.70
b1 0.28 0.30 0.33 L1 0.95BSC
c 0.15 - 0.20 θ 0 - 8°
c1 0.14 0.152 0.16

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PACKAGE INFORMATION
Package QFN3X3-16 Devices per reel 3000 Unit mm

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