1.34 x 10

-10

GND

DIM

BOOT

SW

CS

RON

LM3402/02HV

VIN

D1

L1

VCC

LED1

LM3402, LM3402HV

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Design Example 1: LM3402

The first example circuit will guide the user through component selection for an architectural accent lighting

application. A regulated DC voltage input of 24V ±10% will power a single 1W white LED at a forward current of

350 mA ±5%. The typical forward voltage of a 1W InGaN LED is 3.5V, hence the estimated average output

voltage will be 3.7V. The objective of this application is to place the complete current regulator and LED in the

compact space formerly occupied by an MR16 halogen light bulb. (The LED will be on a separate metal-core

efficiency. Efficiency cannot be ignored, however, as the confined space with little air-flow requires a maximum

temperature rise of 40°C in each circuit component. A complete bill of materials can be found in Table 1 at the

end of this datasheet.

Figure 30. Schematic for Design Example 1

re-written as:

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The closest 1% tolerance resistor is 59.0 k

Ω. The switching frequency of the circuit can then be found using the

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USING AN OUTPUT CAPACITOR

The inductor will be the largest component used in this design. Because the application does not require any

PWM dimming, an output capacitor can be used to greatly reduce the inductance needed without worry of

slowing the potential PWM dimming frequency. The total solution size will be reduced by using an output

capacitor and small inductor as opposed to one large inductor.

OUTPUT INDUCTOR

Knowing that an output capacitor will be used, the inductor can be selected for a larger current ripple. The

desired maximum value for

maximum input voltage. Re-arranging the equation for current ripple selection yields the following:

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