[PATCH 1/2] dt-bindings: leds: backlight: Add Awinic AW99703 backlight

From: Luka Panio

Date: Fri Oct 16 2026 - 14:16:44 EST


The Awinic AW99703 is a 3-string WLED driver converter with an
integrated boost converter and 11-bit brightness control over I2C,
optionally combined with a PWM input.

Signed-off-by: Luka Panio <lukapanio@xxxxxxxxx>
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create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/leds/backlight/awinic,aw99703.yaml

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+# SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0-only OR BSD-2-Clause)
+%YAML 1.2
+---
+$id: http://devicetree.org/schemas/leds/backlight/awinic,aw99703.yaml#
+$schema: http://devicetree.org/meta-schemas/core.yaml#
+
+title: Awinic AW99703 WLED Backlight Driver
+
+maintainers:
+ - Luka Panio <lukapanio@xxxxxxxxx>
+
+description:
+ The AW99703 is a 3-string WLED driver with an integrated boost converter
+ and 11-bit I2C (optionally PWM) brightness control.
+
+allOf:
+ - $ref: common.yaml#
+
+properties:
+ compatible:
+ const: awinic,aw99703
+
+ reg:
+ maxItems: 1
+
+ enable-gpios:
+ description: GPIO connected to the HWEN pin.
+ maxItems: 1
+
+ awinic,led-strings:
+ description: Number of enabled LED strings, starting with CH1.
+ $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/uint32
+ minimum: 1
+ maximum: 3
+ default: 3
+
+ awinic,iled-max-microamp:
+ description:
+ Full-scale current of each LED string, reached at the maximum
+ brightness code (and 100% PWM duty cycle if PWM dimming is used).
+ minimum: 4800
+ maximum: 29600
+ multipleOf: 800
+ default: 20000
+
+ awinic,ramp-on-time-us:
+ description: Current sink ramp-up time when leaving standby.
+ enum: [512, 1000, 2000, 4000, 8000, 16000, 32000, 64000, 128000,
+ 256000, 512000, 1024000, 2048000, 4096000, 8192000, 16384000]
+ default: 8000
+
+ awinic,ramp-off-time-us:
+ description: Current sink ramp-down time when entering standby.
+ enum: [512, 1000, 2000, 4000, 8000, 16000, 32000, 64000, 128000,
+ 256000, 512000, 1024000, 2048000, 4096000, 8192000, 16384000]
+ default: 8000
+
+ awinic,pwm-trans-time-ms:
+ description:
+ Transition time between brightness levels set by the PWM input,
+ for a change over the full duty cycle range.
+ enum: [2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256]
+ default: 2
+
+ awinic,i2c-trans-time-ms:
+ description:
+ Fixed transition time between brightness levels set over I2C,
+ independent of the size of the change. When absent the brightness
+ ramps with a fixed slope of 1 us per brightness code instead.
+ enum: [128, 192, 256, 320, 384, 448, 512, 576, 640, 768, 1024, 1280,
+ 1536, 2560, 4096]
+
+ awinic,ovp-microvolt:
+ description: Boost over-voltage protection threshold.
+ enum: [17500000, 24000000, 31000000, 38000000, 41500000]
+ default: 38000000
+
+ awinic,ocp-microamp:
+ description: Boost over-current protection threshold.
+ enum: [900000, 1800000, 2700000, 3400000]
+ default: 2700000
+
+ awinic,sw-freq-hz:
+ description: Boost switching frequency.
+ enum: [500000, 1000000]
+ default: 1000000
+
+ awinic,inductor-nanohenry:
+ description: Boost inductor value.
+ $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/uint32
+ enum: [4700, 10000]
+ default: 4700
+
+ awinic,pwm-input:
+ description: Combine the PWM input pin with the I2C brightness.
+ type: boolean
+
+ awinic,exponential-map:
+ description: Use the exponential brightness curve instead of linear.
+ type: boolean
+
+ default-brightness:
+ maximum: 2047
+
+ max-brightness:
+ maximum: 2047
+
+required:
+ - compatible
+ - reg
+
+unevaluatedProperties: false
+
+examples:
+ - |
+ #include <dt-bindings/gpio/gpio.h>
+
+ i2c {
+ #address-cells = <1>;
+ #size-cells = <0>;
+
+ backlight@36 {
+ compatible = "awinic,aw99703";
+ reg = <0x36>;
+ enable-gpios = <&gpio 7 GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>;
+ awinic,led-strings = <2>;
+ awinic,iled-max-microamp = <20000>;
+ awinic,ocp-microamp = <3400000>;
+ awinic,inductor-nanohenry = <10000>;
+ };
+ };
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