App note: Parallel LED drivers for maximum current

rsdio writes: This looks like a handy utilization of the basic bipolar transistor current mirror, based on the DMMT5401. For once, the key component is not a Maxim part, but Diodes Inc. ;-)

Using a pair of matched transistors to translate a high-side current-sense signal down to a ground reference, this circuit lets you parallel LED-driver circuits as required to achieve the desired drive current.

Level shifter helps to parallel LED current drivers

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