LM3404FSTDIMEV National Semiconductor, LM3404FSTDIMEV Datasheet - Page 16

• Manufacturer Part Number: LM3404FSTDIMEV
• Description: BOARD, EVAL, FAST DIMMING, LM3404
• Manufacturer: National Semiconductor

Specifications of LM3404FSTDIMEV

• Kit Contents: LM3404FSTDIM Assembled Evaluation Board, LM3404 Datasheet, Application Note
• Svhc: No SVHC (15-Dec-2010)
• Kit Features: Designed To Drive A Series String Of High Power, High Brightness

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Adding a resistor in series with the CS pin causes the ob-
served output LED current to shift very slightly. The reason
for this is twofold: (1) the CS pin has about 20pF of inherent
capacitance inside it which causes a slight delay (20ns for a
1kΩ series resistor), and (2) the comparator that is watching
the voltage at the CS pin uses a pnp bipolar transistor at its
input. The base current of this pnp transistor is approximately
100nA which will cause a 0.1mV change in the 200mV thresh-
old. These are both very minor changes and are well under-
stood. The shift in current can either be neglected or taken
into consideration by changing the current sense resistance
slightly.
FIGURE 7. CS Pin, Transient Path with Protection
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CS PIN PROTECTION WITH OVP
When designing output overvoltage protection into the switch-
ing converter circuit using a zener diode, transient protection
on the CS pin requires additional consideration. As shown in
Figure
(with the series resistor) for output overvoltage protection will
now again allow the transient energy to be passed
Adding an additional series resistor to the CS pin as shown
in
pass through the sense resistor thereby protecting the
LM340X device.
Figure 9
8, adding a zener diode from the output to the CS pin
will result in the majority of the transient energy to
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