STMicroelectronics LED815 Evaluation Boards EVALHVLED815W15 EVALHVLED815W15 Data Sheet

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EVALHVLED815W15
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HVLED815PF
Device description
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The capacitor C
LED
 has to be chosen so that its voltage V
ILED
 can be considered as a 
constant. Since it is charged and discharged by currents in the range of some ten µA 
(IREF=20 µA typ.) at the switching frequency rate, a capacitance value in the range 4.7-10 
nF is suited for switching frequencies in the ten kHz. When high power factor schematic is 
implemented, a higher capacitor value should be used (i.e. 1 µF-10 µF).
The average output current I
OUT
 can be expressed as:
Equation 1
Where I
SEC
 is the secondary peak current, T
ONSEC
 is the conduction time of the secondary 
side and T is the switching period.
Taking into account the transformer ratio N between primary and secondary side, ISEC can 
also be expressed as a function of the primary peak current I
PRIM
:
Equation 2
As in steady state the average current I
CLED
:
Equation 3
Which can be solved for V
ILED
:
Equation 4
where V
CLED
=R* I
REF
 and it is internally defined (0.2 V typical - see 
The V
ILED
 pin voltage is internally compared with the CS pin voltage (constant current 
comparator):
Equation 5
Combining (1), (2) (4) and (5) the average output current results: