Dwayne Reid wrote:
> At 07:11 AM 10/16/2009, Olin Lathrop wrote:
>> Jonathan Hallameyer wrote:
>>> It
>>> takes 1.5A @2v. Now for driving that, could I get away with using a
>>> 2A peak mosfet gate driver?

> I may be wrong, but I think that what the original poster was asking 
> was: Can he use a Mosfet gate driver chip to drive his LED 
> directly?  In other words, the gate driver chip is being used to 
> drive the load directly without an intervening Mosfet.

If that is the question the OP should check the continuous allowed 
current. My gut feeling is that it is maybe a factor 10 lower than the 
peak current.

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