>> 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? =A0In other words, the gate driver
>> dchip is being used to rive 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.

The driver's output resistance should be checked first, as for me.
Continuous allowed current may not be specified for such kind of
devices for their mission is to quickly and efficiently charge input
capacitance not to supply steady current.

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