Skyworks Unveils Power-Optimized Backlight Drivers for Smartphones and Tablets

Skyworks Solutions, Inc. has introduced several new backlight LED drivers supporting next-generation smartphones and tablets. Skyworks’ family of integrated, multi-channel products is tailored to support display panels ranging in size from 4 to 12 inches, significantly enhancing image quality and resolution while maximizing battery life. The multi-channel architecture and highly efficient, dc-dc boost-technology enable LED backlight driver efficiencies exceeding 90% and facilitate superior dimming performance.

“Skyworks is excited to be offering smartphone and tablet providers a broad range of analog power management and lighting solutions,” said John O’Neill, vice president and general manager of power, lighting and display at Skyworks. “The need for increasingly complex solutions to help meet consumers’ insatiable desire for longer battery life and better image quality from their mobile devices represents a strategic growth opportunity for Skyworks. Given our broad product portfolio and in-house, RF and analog systems design expertise, Skyworks is uniquely positioned to address these needs particularly as our customers seek highly integrated architectures that deliver best-in-class performance.”

Through its power management portfolio which includes LED flash and backlight drivers, discrete voltage regulators, PMICs and battery management devices, Skyworks is increasing its dollar content per platform in some of the fastest growing market segments. With customers placing greater value on total solutions, Skyworks is creating highly-integrated solutions and shortening development cycles for next-generation products.

The SKY81452 is a six-channel, white light emitting diode (WLED) backlight driver with touch panel bias for tablet display applications. The SKY81453 is a six-channel, WLED backlight driver for tablet display applications. The SKY82894 is a three-channel, WLED backlight driver for large screen smartphone display applications. And the SKY82895 is a two-channel, WLED backlight driver for large screen smartphone display applications.