• 한국조명전기설비학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국조명전기설비학회 2008년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.85-88
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• 2008

LED를 구동하기 위하여 여러 가지 주변회로를 하나의 IC로 통합한 Driver IC는 최근 LED의 효율의 증가와 더불어 다양한 사용처의 발생으로 인하여 그 종류가 다양해졌다. 본 연구에서는 이러한 다양한 Driver IC들의 특성을 평가하기 위한 방법 및 다양한 Application의 적용을 통한 Driver IC의 성능을 평가하였다. Driver IC의 기능성과 내구성을 판단하기 위한 시험들을 진행하였다. 여러 종류의 LED를 사용하여 Driver IC의 성능을 평가하였다. Driver IC에 원하는 동작을 구현하고자 하는 제어회로 부분도 설계하여 다양한 특성들을 분석할 수 있도록 하였다. 3종류의 응용제품을 구현하여 적용의 사례로 검토하였고 각각의 응용제품의 경우 필요한 기능들에 대한 분석도 실시하였다. 전체적으로 반도체 IC 시험규격에 의한 신뢰성 시험도 일부 실시를 하여 신뢰성에 대한 부분도 평가를 진행하였다. 이를 통하여 Driver IC의 필요요소에 대한 부분들을 결정하였다.

• 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보디스플레이학회 2005년도 International Meeting on Information Displayvol.I
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• pp.381-384
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• 2005

Driver IC is one of the key components on the LCD monitor and LCD/TV. The function of the driver IC is to transfer and forward the input signals to LCD panel module. Inside driver IC, there are several operating units which process the input signals and generate the appropriate size and resolution to the LCD panel module. LCD panel module will display these input signals. However, there are some difficulties which driver IC designer, LCD monitor and LCD/TV maker will face. Thus, this article addresses the function and difficulties on driver IC.

• 대한전자공학회논문지SD
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• 제40권7호
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• pp.474-480
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• 2003

We designed and tested a new scan driver output stage. Compared to conventional CMOS structured scan driver IC′s, the new NMOSFET-only scan driver circuit can reduce the chip area and therefore, the chip cost considerably. We confirmed the circuit operation with open drain power NMOSFET IC′s by driving 2"PDP test panel. We defined critical device parameters and their optimization methods lot the best circuit performance.

• 한국전기전자재료학회논문지
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• 제23권8호
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• pp.593-600
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• 2010

In this paper, High brightness LED (light-emitting diodes) driver IC (integrated circuit) using new current sensing circuit is proposed. This LED driver IC can provide a constant current with high current precision over a wide input voltage range. The proposed current-sensing circuit is composed of a cascode current sensor and a current comparator with only one reference voltage. This IC minimizes the voltage stress of the MOSFET (metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor) from the maximum input voltage and has low power consumption and chip area by using simple-structured comparator and minimum bias current. To confirm the functioning and characteristics of our proposed LED driver IC, we designed a buck converter. The LED current ripple of the designed IC is in ${\pm}5%$ and a tolerance of the average LED current is lower than 2.43%. This shows much improved feature than the previous method. Also, protections for input voltage and operating temperature are designed to improve the reliability of the designed IC. Designed LED driver IC uses 1.0 ${\mu}m$ X-Fab. BiCMOS process parameters and electrical characteristics and functioning are verified by spectre (Cadence) simulation.

• 전기학회논문지
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• 제61권9호
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• pp.1275-1282
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• 2012

This paper proposes the 16-channel LED Driver IC for Full color LED display system. The proposed LED driver IC in this paper can draw current independent of temperature and supply voltage in each channel. Current flow in the channel is configurable via an external resistor. LED brightness is adjusted by 12-Bit PWM(Pulse Width Modulation) and 8-Bit DC(Dot Correction). A real-time monitoring of IC temperature ($130^{\circ}C/150^{\circ}C$) and LED status (open/short) is provided by LED driver IC and the user can receive warning and get information on problems. A 16-channel LED driver IC is produced using 0.35 um BCD process and the size is $2.5mm{\times}2.5mm$. In this paper, channel current characteristic and channel current control function were measured in order to verify am embodied 16-channel LED driver IC by producing a single IC test board.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제17권5호
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• pp.1372-1381
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• 2017

This paper presents a high-side switch driver IC capable of improving the current sensing accuracy and providing reverse battery protection. Power semiconductor switches used to replace relay switches are encumbered by two disadvantages: they are prone to current sensing errors and they require additional external protection circuits for reverse battery protection. The proposed IC integrates a gate driver and current sensing blocks, thus compensating for these two disadvantages with a single IC. A p-sub-based 90-V $0.13-{\mu}m$ bipolar-CMOS-DMOS (BCD) process is used for the design and fabrication of the proposed IC. The current sensing accuracy (error ${\leq}{\pm}5%$ in the range of 0.1 A-6.5 A) and the reverse battery protection features of the proposed IC were experimentally tested and verified.

• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기전자재료학회 2009년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.39-40
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• 2009

This paper presents a white-LED driver IC for a mobile application. It uses a high efficiency current mode boost converter method for a low voltage application. For a LED drive, it provides a PWM(Pulse Width Modulation) and analog dimming function. The device was designed and fabricated using 0.35um BCD process. The evaluated waveforms for an implemented IC show promising results.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제21권10호
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• pp.1-7
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• 2020

최근 LED 디스플레이 시스템이 활발히 보급됨에 따라서 시스템 구동을 위한 LED 드라이버의 효과적인 제어방법에 대한 연구가 진행 중이다. 그 중에 가장 대표적인 것이 LED Driver 채널의 균일한 밝기 제어이다. 본 논문 에서는 채널 휘도 편차 최소화를 위한 전류보상 및 시스템 보호 기능을 갖는 BLU용 LED driver IC를 제안하였다. 제안하는 LED Driver IC는 채널 간 ±3% 이내의 current accuracy와 150mA 채널 전류를 목표로 설계하였다. 설계 사양을 만족시키기 위해 채널 구동 PWM 신호를 이용한 chopping 동작을 수행하도록 하여 채널 앰프 옵셋을 상쇄할 수 있도록 하였다. 또한 pre-charge기능을 구현하여 빠른 동작 속도와 채널간 휘도 편차를 최소화할 수 있도록 하였다. LED에러(오픈, 쇼트), 스위치 TR 쇼트 감지 및 동작 온도 보호 회로를 설계하여 IC 및 BLU시스템을 보호할 수 있도록 하였다. 제안된 IC는 Cadence 및 Synopsys사의 Design Tool을 사용하여 설계 하였으며, Magnachip 0.35um CMOS 공정을 사용하여 제작되었다. 제작된 LED driver IC는 채널 간 ±1.5% 이내의 current accuracy와 150mA 채널 출력특성을 만족하였으며, 평가 보드를 통해 에러 검출 회로들이 정상 동작함을 확인하였다.

• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기전자재료학회 2010년도 하계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.9-9
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• 2010

In this paper, High Brightness LED driver IC using new current sensing circuit is proposed. This LED driver IC can provide a constant current with high current precision over a wide input voltage range. The proposed current-sensing circuit is composed of a cascode current sensor and a current comparator with only one reference voltage. This IC minimizes the voltage stress of the MOSFET from the maximum input voltage and has low power consumption and chip area by using simple-structured comparator and minimum bias current. The LED current ripple of the designed IC is in ${\pm}5%$ and a tolerance of the average LED current is lower than 2.43%. This shows much improved feature than the previous method. Also, protections for input voltage and operating temperature are designed to improve the reliability of the designed IC. Designed LED driver IC uses $1{\mu}m$ X-Fab. BiCMOS process parameters and electrical characteristics and functioning are verified by spectre(Cadence) simulation.

• 전력전자학회:학술대회논문집
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• 전력전자학회 2010년도 하계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.222-223
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• 2010

TOP245P driver IC modeling technique are proposed for the LED Driver design. Analog behavioral model of TOP245P IC including the shunt regulator, under-voltage(UV) detection, over-voltage(OV) shut-down and SR flip-flop is developed by using PSPICE. The averaged-model and switching-model is applied to the LED driver simulation. The simulation results by the proposed TOP245P IC modeling technique are in good agreement with that in the data sheet and an experiment data.