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AFE4490: AFE4490 Power Supply

Part Number: AFE4490

The data sheet lists:

"Case 1: LED forward voltage is such that a voltage of 3.3 V (for example) is acceptable on LED_DRV_SUP. In that case, a single 3.3-V supply can be used to drive all four pins (RX_ANA_SUP, RX_DIG_SUP, TX_CTRL_SUP, LED_DRV_SUP). Care must be taken to provide some isolation between the transmit and receive supplies because the LED_DRV_SUP carries the high switching current from the LEDs."

To me it reads that all four pins can be supplied by a single 3.3V supply but then says TX and RX supplies must be isolated. So can a single supply be used to power both?

  • Hi Ryan,

    Yes you can use a single supply for all the supplies provided the LED's forward voltage drop of the LED is such that you can meet the headroom voltage requirement of AFE4490.
    Also you have to make sure that the single supply of 3.3V should not drop when LEDs take the programmed current as it will be used as other supplies.

    Regards,
    Prabin