TPS68000

The TPS68000 device provides a power supply controller solution for CCFL backlight applications in a large variety of applications. The wide input voltage range of 8 V to 30 V makes TPS68000 suitable to be powered directly from regulated 12-V or 24-V rails, or any other source with output voltages in this range. When using a 10% accurate regulated 5-V rail, it also can be used in notebook computers or other portable battery-powered equipment having lower minimum supply voltages. The controller is capable of driving the gates of all 4 NMOS switches directly without the need for any additional circuitry, like dedicated gate drivers or gate-drive transformers. The wide input voltage range also makes it easy to design CCFL converters with higher input voltages like 120 V or 400 V available at the output of a power factor correction unit. The TPS68000 also supports CCFL converter circuits driving multi-lamp applications,either by using higher power-rated switches and transformers, or using several TPS68000s synchronized. When synchronized, they can be operated either at the same frequency and phase, or phase shifted to minimize RMS input current. Already implemented smart dimming features, such as support of distributed dimming, also help to optimize the performance of multi-controller applications.(Continued on next page)