Backlight LED drivers – Applications
TI’s industry-leading portfolio of backlight LED drivers spurs innovation in a wide variety of systems. From smartphones, tablets, and TVs to building security systems and automotive instrument clusters, TI’s backlight drivers provide a stellar user experience with best-in-class dimming ratios and low EMI.
Explore numerous examples of applications featuring TI backlight drivers, along with fully-tested reference designs to aid with your system design.
Automotive
If you’re looking for a high current capacity, high dimming ratio backlight driver that meets the rigorous requirements of the AEC-Q100 standard, you’ve come to the right place. Browse key designs and devices with wide input voltage capability and excellent EMI performance for your automotive display design.

Infotainment & cluster
End equipment | Featured reference designs | Key products |
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Automotive TFT LCD display solution | LP8860-Q1 | |
LP8861-Q1 | ||
LP8862-Q1 | ||
LP8863-Q1 | ||
HMI & display - automotive center information display | Automotive TFT LCD display solution | LP8860-Q1 |
LP8861-Q1 | ||
LP8862-Q1 | ||
LP8863-Q1 | ||
Head unit - aftermarket head unit | Automotive TFT LCD display solution | LP8860-Q1 |
LP8863-Q1 | ||
Head unit - automotive-head-unit | Automotive TFT LCD display solution | LP8860-Q1 |
LP8861-Q1 | ||
LP8862-Q1 | ||
LP8863-Q1 |
Body electronics & lighting
End equipment | Featured reference designs | Key products |
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Automotive lighting - headlight | Automotive SEPIC backlight driver reference design | LP8861-Q1 |
LP8863-Q1 | ||
Automotive lighting - interior light | 70V, 60mA white LED driver with dimming control and automatic thermal scale-back reference design | TPS61165 |
LP8863-Q1 |
Communications infrastructure
TI’s backlight LED driver portfolio delivers the high performance required in communications infrastructure systems.

Wireless infrastructure
End equipment | Featured reference designs | Key products |
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Software defined radio | Monte-Carlo simulation on AM57x using OpenCL for DSP acceleration reference design | TPS61080 |
Power and thermal design considerations using TI’s AM57x processor reference design | TPS61080 | |
Capacitive touchscreen display reference design | TPS61081 |
Enterprise switching
End equipment | Featured reference designs | Key products |
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IP telephone | TPS61080 | |
TPS61161A | ||
TPS61169 |
Telecom infrastructure
End equipment | Featured reference designs | Key products |
---|---|---|
Video conference system | TPS61161A | |
TPS61165 |
Enterprise systems
Browse tested reference designs and learn about key backlight LED drivers for enterprise applications like servers.

Server
End equipment | Featured reference designs | Key products |
---|---|---|
Network attached storage - enterprise | Capacitive touchscreen display reference design | TPS61081 |
Industrial
TI’s backlight LED driver portfolio features the input voltage range, current capability, and channel count required by rugged industrial applications. Browse reference designs and key devices below.

Appliances
Building automation
Display
End equipment | Featured reference designs | Key products |
---|---|---|
Digital signage | Interfacing SDRAM memory on high performance microcontrollers | TPS61042 |
Capacitive touchscreen display reference design | TPS61081 | |
LCD signage | Ultra-low profile backlight driver reference design |
Electronic point of sale
Factory automation & control
End equipment | Featured reference designs | Key products |
---|---|---|
Machine vision camera | Capacitive touchscreen display reference design | TPS61081 |
Industrial monitor | TPS61165 | |
TPS61169 | ||
TPS61196 | ||
Refrigerator & freezer | Capacitive touchscreen display reference design | TPS61081 |
Backlight and smart lighting control by ambient light and proximity sensor reference design | LM3630A |
Grid infrastructure
End equipment | Featured reference designs | Key products |
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AC charging (pile) station | Capacitive touchscreen display reference design | TPS61081 |
Lighting
Medical, healthcare & fitness
End equipment | Featured reference designs | Key products |
---|---|---|
CPAP machine | Capacitive touchscreen display reference design | TPS61081 |
Test & measurement
End equipment | Featured reference designs | Key products |
---|---|---|
Vector signal transceiver (VST) | Capacitive touchscreen display reference design | TPS61081 |
Personal electronics
TI’s extensive product portfolio delivers the performance level needed in wearables, TVs, printers, and more. We help you to build innovative, efficient, and affordable designs.

Printers & other peripherals
End equipment | Featured reference designs | Key products |
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Machine vision camera | Interfacing SDRAM memory on high performance microcontrollers | TPS61042 |
3D printers | Capacitive touchscreen display reference design | TPS61081 |
Printer | Capacitive touchscreen display reference design | TPS61081 |
TV, set-top box & audio
End equipment | Featured reference designs | Key products |
---|---|---|
GPS personal navigation device | Capacitive touchscreen display reference design | TPS61081 |
Capacitive touchscreen display reference design | TPS61081 | |
Printer | Capacitive touchscreen display reference design | TPS61081 |
Wearables (non-medical)
End equipment | Featured reference design | Key products |
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Smart watch | Ultra-low profile backlight driver reference design | TPS61163A |