(ams AG) Announces new product AS3668, Smart Breathing Light Driver

2012/02/28, Unterpremstaetten, Austria

ams AG (SIX: AMS), a leading worldwide designer and manufacturer of high-performance analog ICs for consumer & communications, today releases the releases AS3668, a new breathing light LED driver that controls up to 4 LEDs to produce sophisticated indicator lighting effects in mobile devices without requiring the intervention of the power-hungry baseband processor.

Applications:

Mobile phone

Tablet Computer

3G and LTE modems

USB dongle stick

Gaming controller

Headsets

Quick Features:

Logarithmic dimming produces breathing pattern and more power conservative than dimming through u-processor.

4 channel led current source.

I²C compatible control interface with two addresses.

Additional GPIO embeds audio synchronization functionality.

Automatically entering idle state with current consumption below 10uA when leds are not active.

Application Diagram: