User guide

AP8801
500mA LED STEP-DOWN CONVERTER
AP8801
Document number: DS31765 Rev. 7 - 2
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June 2012
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Application Information (cont.)
Soft-Start
An external capacitor from the CTRL pin to ground will provide a soft-start delay, by increasing the time taken for the voltage on this pin to
rise to the turn-on threshold and by slowing down the rate of rise of the control voltage at the input of the comparator. Adding capacitance
increases this delay by approximately 200µs/nF. The graph below shows the variation of soft-start time for different values of capacitor.
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CAPACITANCE (nf)
Figure. 19 Soft-Start Time vs. Capacitance
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Thermal Considerations
The graph below in figure 20, gives details for power derating. This assumes the device to be on a FR-4 PCB, 2”x2”, 2oz copper, minimum
recommended pad layout on top layer and thermal vias to bottom layer ground plane standing in still air.
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AMBIENT TEMPERATURE (°C)
Figure. 20 Maximum Power Dissipation
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