WORLD’S BEST LED DRIVERS

10% Greater Efficiency*

CAT3643 World’s Smallest,
Highest Efficiency LED Driver
65% Smaller Package*
Catalyst delivers the next leap forward in LED drivers with the patented
Quad-Mode® CAT3643 – the world’s smallest, highest efficiency fractional
charge pump LED driver.
No Added Cost*
Catalyst Quad-Mode charge pumps deliver a 10% efficiency gain over much
of the operating voltage range of a lithium-ion battery, while eliminating the
high profile and unwanted EMI typically associated with inductors.
No Inductor
10% higher efficiency
Dramatic reduction in board space
10% Greater Efficiency
Quad-Mode over Tri-Mode No additional capacitors
100 3 channel LED backlighting
90
Single-wire dimming
Efficiency [%]

80
More Battery Life
70 No Added Cost eXtra-Thin XQFN Package – 65% Smaller!*
60
0.4mm max. height
50
Battery Voltage [V] Smallest footprint (2.5 x 2.5mm)
Reduced pin count
65% Smaller
eXtra-Thin XQFN Package New Performance Edge for Portables
65%
Cell Phones GPS Systems
Volume (mm3)

reduction
in size PDAs LCD Display Backlight
MP3 Players Thermostat Controllers

Other CAT3643

Traditional Package

7.2mm3 0.8mm

“Most Innovative ®
Quad-Mode CAT3636
XQFN Package LED Driver”
16-Lead TQFN Package

0.4mm 2.5mm3

12-Lead XQFN Package

*Compared to three-mode charge pumps.

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Why Quad-Mode®? What is Quad-Mode®?

Charge pumps are often used to boost the supply voltage when
driving LEDs in battery-powered applications. In the past, most
LED drivers offered up to three modes of operation corresponding
to boost ratios of 1x, 1.5x and 2x. By adding a fourth mode of
operation to boost the supply voltage by 1.33x, Catalyst’s Quad-
Mode charge pumps deliver a gain of 10% efficiency over much
of the operating voltage range of a lithium-ion battery.
Catalyst’s 1.33x fractional operating mode also reduces the input
switching currents seen at the battery, minimizing the overall
supply noise – a critical parameter in portable devices such as
cell phones.
Efficiency levels achieved using the 1x, 1.33x, 1.5x and 2x boosting
sequence of Catalyst’s Quad-Mode LED drivers rival those of
traditional inductive-based boost converters while still providing
all the advantages of lower cost and size associated with charge
pump solutions.
Quad-Mode charge pumps employ an innovative, patent-pending
architecture that adds a fourth mode of operation with no more
capacitors than required for a conventional three-mode charge
pump. Prior to Catalyst’s Quad-Mode architecture, each additional
mode of operation came at the cost of an additional capacitor
and an increase in board space associated with the placement of
that capacitor. This extra capacitor also necessitates two additional
pins on the package. The Quad-Mode architecture eliminates the
third capacitor and the associated two pins, to enable dramatically
smaller packaging.
Quad-Mode LED drivers offer the simplicity of charge pump designs
and the efficiency of inductor-based solutions, without adding cost,
capacitors, pins or board space.
With the world’s lowest profile charge pump in an eXtra-thin XQFN
package, Catalyst’s Quad-Mode delivers the next leap forward
in LED drivers for today’s emerging portable products.

1μF 1μF 1μF

C1- C1+ C2- C2+ C3- C3+
400
360
VIN
VIN = 3.6V, VF = 3.6V 1x, 1.33x, 1.5x, 2x
Charge Pump
VOUT

6 LEDs (100mA Total) CIN

COUT
300 1μF Mode Control
1μF
1MHz
Power (mW)

Oscil.
EN/SET LEDA1

LEDA2
200
180 LEDB1

Reference LEDB2

120 LEDC1

100 Current LEDC2

Setting
DAC
6 Current Sink
Regulators
Serial
Registers
0 Interface

Dual-Mode Tri-Mode Quad-Mode GND

Comparison of power dissipated in dual-mode, Catalyst’s Quad-Mode® charge-pump architecture

three-mode and Quad-Mode architectures adds a fourth mode of operation with no more capacitors
than required for a conventional three-mode charge pump

1-Wire EZDim™ LED/Flash Interface Simplifies Programming

For programming simplicity, Catalyst’s EZDim™ interface helps reduce system complexity by providing full programmability of flash and
LED functions via one wire. This allows users to enable/disable outputs, manage flash brightness level and control LED dimming all from
a single I/O on the MCU.

RSET Minimizes Programming Overhead and Simplifies Temperature De-Rating

Catalyst offers an RSET function for a number of LED drivers to minimize programming overhead by allowing the maximum full-scale LED brightness level
at power-on to be set via a single external resistor. The RSET function can also be used to implement a simple temperature de-rating by adding a thermistor
on the RSET pin.

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CAT3636 6-Channel Quad-Mode® Driver CAT3643 3-Channel Quad-Mode® Driver

1μF 1μF 1μF 1μF

C1- C1+ C2- C2+ Group A Group B Group C C1- C1+ C2- C2+
Li-Ion Battery VIN White LEDs VOUT
VIN VOUT VIN VOUT
CIN COUT 2V to 5.5V CIN COUT
CAT3636
1μF LEDA1 1μF 1μF CAT3643 1μF
LEDA2
LEDB1 1-Wire EZDimTM
EN/DIM LED1
LEDB2 20mA Programming 20mA
1-Wire EZDimTM LEDC1 RSET LED2
Programming EN/SET LEDC2
LED3
GND 3.8kΩ GND

Complete Line of Catalyst Charge Pump LED Drivers

The Catalyst Quad-Mode® family consists of three devices designed to drive 3, 4 or 6 LEDs.
Catalyst also supports a broad range of LED drivers ranging from second-sources of popular industry standard parts, to a high-current device
for driving LEDs in camera flash applications.

Fractional Charge Pumps with Regulated Output Current

LED Current Total IOUT (max) Dimming
Part Number VIN [V] LEDs [mA] [mA] RSET Control Interface Pump Modes Packages (size in mm)
CAT3603 2.7 - 5.5 3 30 90 Yes PWM 1x / 1.5x TDFN–12 (3 x 3)
CAT3604 2.7 - 5.5 4 30 120 Yes PWM 1x / 1.5x TQFN–16 (4 x 4)
CAT3606 2.7 - 5.5 6 30 180 Yes PWM 1x / 1.5x TQFN–16 (4 x 4)
CAT3612 2.7 - 5.5 2 150 300 – 1-Wire 1x / 1.5x TDFN–12 (3 x 3)
CAT3614 2.7 - 5.5 4 30 124 – 1-Wire 1x / 1.5x TDFN–12 (3 x 3)
CAT3616 2.7 - 5.5 6 30 186 – 1-Wire 1x / 1.5x TQFN–16 (4 x 4)
2
CAT3626 2.7 - 5.5 6 30 192 – IC 1x / 1.5x TQFN–16 (4 x 4)
CAT3604V 2.7 - 5.5 4 30 120 Yes PWM 1x / 1.33x / 1.5x / 2x TQFN–16 (4 x 4)
1-Wire
CAT3636 2.2 - 5.5 6 32 192 – 1x / 1.33x / 1.5x / 2x TQFN–16 (3 x 3)
(32 levels)
1-Wire
CAT3637 2.2 - 5.5 6 30 180 – 1x / 1.33x / 1.5x / 2x TQFN–16 (3 x 3)
(16 levels)
XQFN–12 (2.5 x 2.5) (0.4 height)
1-Wire
CAT3643 2.2 - 5.5 3 30 90 Yes 1x / 1.33x / 1.5x / 2x TDFN–12 (3 x 3)
(6 levels) TQFN–16 (3 x 3)
1-Wire
CAT3644 2.2 - 5.5 4 25 100 Yes 1x / 1.33x / 1.5x / 2x TQFN–16 (3 x 3)
(6 levels)
1-Wire
CAT3647 2.2 - 5.5 3 30 100 Yes 1x / 1.33x / 1.5x / 2x TQFN–16 (3 x 3)
(32 levels)
1-Wire
CAT3648 2.2 - 5.5 4 25 100 Yes 1x / 1.33x / 1.5x / 2x TQFN–16 (3 x 3)
(32 levels)

DC-DC Regulated Charge Pumps

Frequency (typ) Total IOUT (max) ROUT Control (typical) VOUT (max)
Part Number VIN [V] LEDs [MHz] [mA] [Ω] Pump Modes [V] Packages
CAT3200 2.7 - 4.5 6 2 100 10 2x 6 (adjustable) MSOP–8
CAT3200-5 2.7 - 4.5 6 2 100 10 2x 5 (fixed) TSOT23–6

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Product names used in this publication are for identification purposes only and may be trademarks of their respective companies.
I2C™ is a trademark of Philips. Catalyst Semiconductor is licensed by Philips Corporation to carry the I2C Bus Protocol.
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© Catalyst Semiconductor, Inc. 2007 Document Number MD-7057, Rev. H