Excerpted from Section 21 of “Analog Circuit Design: Volume 3 – The Design Note Collection“, ISBN: 978-0-12-800001-4. Edited by Bob Dobkin & John Hamburger, Linear Technology Corporation, Milpitas, CA ...

In many consumer applications for lighting the cost of existing technology – namely incandescent light bulbs or fluorescent tubes – is so low that LED lighting’s many advantages simply cannot make up ...

Containing all the circuitry, including the inductor, in a 9 x 15 x 4.32-mm LGA package, the LTM8040 dc/dc uModule LED driver can drive from 0 to 1 A through a string of LEDs with ±2% accuracy at full ...

In this article, we continue our discussion on the importance of grounding when installing LED lighting equipment. Part 1 of this three-part series focuses on the ground plane of the printed circuit ...

Linear Technology introduced the LTM8040, a new family of DC/DC µModule LED drivers that also contains the inductor in a compact 9mm x 15mm x 4.32mm surface mount package. Linear Technology ...

Guest columnist Faraz Hasan, marketing and business development manager at Tyco Electronics Circuit Protection Products says that LEDs can require overcurrent protection despite built-in safety ...

Light-emitting diodes have become the lighting source of choice for almost all illumination applications. Incandescents, fluorescents, CFLs, and other types are fading away in favor of the almighty ...

Linear constantcurrent drivers, for instance, offer low EMI, low cost, and use only a few components. Many designers favor them for low-current applications where power loss is a minor concern. If ...

Texas Instruments' cash acquisition of National Semiconductor will give it an even larger share of the fast-growing market for LED driver ICs. The planned acquisition of National Semiconductor by its ...