Automotive LED drivers

DC/DC, linear and backlighting LED drivers

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Our automotive LED drivers help you build innovative, reliable and cost-effective automotive lighting systems that exceed the auto industry's stringent requirements. Our broad portfolio of highly efficient LED drivers extends the life of your lighting system designs, enables greater driver and pedestrian safety and enhances the driver experience.

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Headlights

Rear light & interior lights

Infotainment & cluster

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Power density

Enable the highest power density with our wide V_IN automotive LED drivers

We have a diverse portfolio of highly integrated devices for all types of automotive lighting applications. Our devices give you options to solve the challenge of balancing high system power output with small solution size. You can efficiently drive higher current output, remove heat more effectively with our thermally enhanced packages and shrink system footprint with our monolithic linear and DC/DC LED drivers.

Technical resources

White paper

LED Drivers for Automotive Exterior Applications (Rev. B)

In this video series, learn about the key design considerations for an LCD backlight as it pertains to various applications.

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Fundamentals to automotive LED driver circuits

In these training videos, get an understanding of high dynamic range (HDR) displays as compared to standard dynamic range displays.

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Trends and topologies for automotive rear lighting systems (Rev. A)

This series covers a broad spectrum of topics from display basics to in-depth videos on design considerations and overcoming specific display design challenges.

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Design & development resources

Reference design

CISPR25 Tested Automotive Tail Light Reference Design for Step-Up + Linear LED Driver Based Systems

TIDA-00678 showcases an automotive LED tail light application (tail/stop, turn and reverse) by using TPS92630-Q1 linear LED driver powered by an upstream boost converter (TPS40210-Q1) which is directly supplied through a smart-reverse battery diode off the automotive battery voltage. The design (...)

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Digital interface LED driving module reference design for automotive rear light

This reference design offers a cost-effective solution for automotive rear-light applications such as interactive tail-light clusters that can be used for vehicle-to-vehicle notifications and vehicle design personalization. This reference design incorporates two linear LED drivers. By using a (...)

Reference design

Automotive 144-Zone Local Dimming Backlight Reference Design

This local dimming backlight reference design conserves power, extends the life of liquid-crystal displays (LCDs), and enhances automotive display quality through high dynamic range (HDR) or localized dimming technology. Seven multi-channel constant-current LED drivers allow for 144-zone localized (...)