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Protect against open LED faults

Posted: 27 Apr 2009  Print Version  Bookmark and Share Subscribe

Keywords: LEDs  boost converter  sense resistor 

[Summary of tips] Lighting a string of LEDs at a constant brightness requires driving it with a regulated current. A boost converter is commonly used to step up the voltage to a level high enough to bias the LEDs on and conduct current. Typically the current in the string is regulated by adding a sense resistor in series with the LEDs and using ......
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