IC vendors tout LED backlight and luminaire drivers at Strategies in Light
Power and analog semiconductor specialists see market opportunity in supplying constant-current driver ICs for LED lighting.
People who participate from the IC industry could easily to find both in the exhibition hall and on the conference stage at Strategies in Light. The vendors see a significant market opportunity and are targeting the general illumination market including replacement bulbs, the TV backlight market thats already booming, and other applications such as street lights.
Targeting the backlight market, mSilica demonstrated its MSL3162 display driver IC. The IC can power 16 strings of 10 LEDs for direct-backlight LCD TV designs. Indeed the company exhibited a recently-launched LG TV with the back cover removed and the LED driver circuit boards in full view.
NEC demonstrated the 78K0/Ix2 microcontroller that includes TRIAC dimmer capability. The integrated microcontroller also implements power factor correction (PFC) in the AC/DC power converter.
Supertex introduced the HV9963 driver IC for DC/DC applications such as backlighting and general lighting. The IC supports PWM dimming and has built-in protection for short- and open-circuit conditions in the LED string.
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