Application Note
RT8458A Single-stage offline LED driver for 9W LED Bulb
1. Introduction
The document describes a non-isolated, high efficiency LED driver designed to drive an LED string with a nominal
voltage of 32 V at a current of 277 mA from an input voltage range of 90 VAC to 265 VAC. It is designed to fit inside
a 9W LED Bulb fixture. The RT8458A is a PWM controller with an integrated high side floating gate driver. It is
used for step down converters by well controlling the external MOSFET and regulating a constant output current.
The output duty cycle of the RT8458A can be up to 100% for wider input voltage application, such as E27 and
PAR30 off-line LED lighting products. The RT8458A also features a 46kHz fixed frequency oscillator, an internal
220mV precision reference, and a PWM comparator with latching logic. The accurate output LED current is
achieved by an averaging current feedback loop and the LED current dimming can be easily controlled via the
ACTL pin. The RT8458A also has multiple features to protect the controller from fault conditions, including Under
Voltage Lockout (UVLO), Over Current Protection circuit (OCP) and Over Voltage Protection (OVP). Additionally,
to ensure the system reliability, a RT8458A is built with the thermal protection function. In the following paragraphs
contains the LED driver specification, schematic, PCB diagram, bill of materials, conducted EMI measurements,
and typical performance characteristics.
2. System schematic
The RT8458A is a high side floating gate driver is used to control the Buck converter via an external MOSFET and
regulate the constant output current. The schematic of the proposed single-stage LED driver shows in figure 1.
Figure 1. Schematic diagram of RT8458A single-stage LED driver
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Reference
U1
Part Number
B6S
Description
Bridge Rectifier
Package
Manufacture
MDI
PANJIT
TSOT-23-6
RICHTEK
SMA
PANJIT
DO-15
PANJIT
High Efficiency PWM
U2
RT8458A
Buck LED Driver
Controller
D1
ES1J
D3
ER206
ZD1
Zener
Zener Diode 18V
DIP
PANJIT
R1
RTT055113FTP
511K
R0805
RALEC
R2
RTT051004FTP
1M
R0805
RALEC
0.8
R1206
RALEC
R3
Super fast, 600V 1A
Ultra-Fast Recover
Rectifier, 2A 600V
R6
WR06X0022F
22
R0603
WALSIN
RD1
WR06X0000F
R0603
WALSIN
R12
WR06X3300F
3.3K
R0603
WALSIN
910K
DIP
WALSIN
IND 0.85mH
MCD-0406
MAG.LAYERS
L2
IND 1mH, Shield
MCD-1012
MAG.LAYERS
CX1
Film Cap, 47nF/ 250V
RX2
L1
MCD-0406-851K
TDK
C1
C2012Y5V1H225Z
2.2uF/50V
C1206
TDK
C4
0603B332K500
3.3nF
C0603
WALSIN
EC1
KSH106M400S1A5H20K
10uF /400V
EC-2P/13
TEAPO
EC2
KSY226M050S1A5C11K
22uF /50V
EC-2P/8
TEAPO
Q1
IPP60R385CP
NMOS, 600V
PG-TO220
Infineon
Table 1. Bill of Materials
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Front / Back
Module
EVB Dimensions
Components Height: 16mm
Figure 2. Photographs of (Top and Side views) PCB Assembly
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3. Performance
The testing result of 9W RT8458A single-stage LED driver describes in this paragraph.
3.1 Efficiency
fac [Hz]
Vac [V]
Pin [watt]
Vout [V]
Iout [mA]
Pout [Watt]
Efficiency. [%]
60
90
9.761
32.03
277
8.87231
90.90%
60
110
9.753
32.03
277
8.87231
90.97%
60
130
9.761
32.03
277
8.87231
90.90%
50
180
9.792
32.03
276
8.84028
90.28%
50
200
9.799
32.03
276
8.84028
90.22%
50
220
9.819
32.03
276
8.84028
90.03%
50
240
9.854
32.03
276
8.84028
89.71%
50
264
9.913
32.03
276
8.84028
89.18%
Table 1.
In table 1, the output current regulation with line input voltage is 0.36%.
3.2 Output Voltage and Current in Normal Operation
Figure 3. Waveform of LED output voltage and Output Current
In Figure 3, the output LED averaging current is 277mA and the output voltage is 32.3V with
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lower ripple.
3.3 Output Current and Inductor Current in Normal Operation
Figure 4. Waveform of LED output current and inductor current
The inductor peak current in figure 4 is about 600mA which RT8458 operated in continuous
conduction mode.
3.4 Thermal Measurements
The power supply assembly was installed into the lamp socket base and the temperature of the
each component was measured, while the room ambient temperature was 25 C. The power
supply was driving the three load LEDs (delivering 10 watts).
Inductor
Diode
MOSFET
Bridge Diode RT8458A
Components
L3
D1
Q1
U1
U2
Temp. [C]
45.3
54
50.7
42.7
49.9
Table 2.
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3.4 Conducted EMI Test
The measurements were taken with the power supply driving the 10 LEDs. The worst case
input voltage was at 230 VAC, where the margin to the test limits was about 6 dBV.
Figure 5. Conducted EMI at 230 VAC.
3.5 Radiated EMI Test
Figure 6. Radiated EMI at 230 VAC.
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More Information
For more information, please find the related datasheet or application notes from Richtek website:
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