SLVAET3 October 2021 TPS8802
Any LED can be powered through the LED LDO. The LED LDO is current limited and has a series diode to block reverse current. The LED LDO is supplied by VBST and regulates to a programmable voltage between 7.5 V and 10 V, but does not require regulation in order to charge the LED supply capacitor. When the LED LDO is enabled and VBST is less than the programmed voltage, the LED LDO outputs the VBST voltage with a typical 1 V diode drop and 3 mA current limit. If VCC is connected to VBST, the LED LDO output is lower than PLDO in the pass-through mode and higher than PLDO in the regulation mode. For this reason, the LED LDO is best used when VLED(MIN) is above 4.5 V.