link to page 5 BCR431U Low Voltage Drop LED Driver ICFunctional descriptionSmart over temperature protection function BCR431U reduces the LED current with increasing junction temperature by reducing the voltage at pin RS. The reduced voltage of pin RS drives less current through the external resistor Rset, causing the current into pin LED to reduce. The LED current is never turned off fully. 100 75 [%] ILED 50 TJ [°C] T Figure 4Relative reduction of LED current versus junction temperature of BCR431UMaximum Permitted Power Dissipation To avoid damage of the IC the power dissipation of BCR431U must be reduced with increasing ambient temperature according to Figure 5 . 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.4 [W] totP 0.3 0.2 0.1 0 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 TA [degC] Figure 5Maximum permitted total power dissipation of BCR431U on a JESD 51-7 board Datasheet 5 1.0 2020-03-03 Document Outline Features Advantages with respect to discrete solutions Potential Applications Description Table of contents 1 Application circuit 2 Pin configuration 3 Functional description 4 Electrical characteristics and parameters 5 Package dimensions 6 References Revision history Disclaimer