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Get a Grip on LED Drivers

Simple SPICE model predicts hysteretic LED driver behaviour

Published in issue 388, April 2009

In the process of designing a LED driver circuit, various things can go amiss. To help the designer understand what is happening, a simple SPICE model helps out to pinpoint the effect of different individual component values upon the circuit operation.

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www.maxim-ic.com/MAX16819
www.maxim-ic.com/tools/other/software/MAX16819_CALC.XLS
www.cadence.com
www.maxim-ic.com/MAX16820EVKIT
www.maxim-ic.com/tools/spice/led_drivers/macro/MAX16820.LIB

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