ZHCSHU0C March 2018 – October 2021 LM51501-Q1
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There are a few ways to select the proper value of output capacitor (COUT). The output capacitor value can be selected based on output voltage ripple, output overshoot, or output undershoot due to load transient. In this example, COUT is selected based on output undershoot because the wake-up performance is similar with no-load to full-load transient performance.
The output undershoot becomes smaller by increasing FCROSS or by decreasing FLP. A smaller COUT is allowed by increasing FCROSS or by decreasing FLP.
To increase FCROSS, FSW and FRHP must be increased because the maximum FCROSS is, in general, limited at 1/10 of FRHP at VSUPPLY(MIN) or 1/10 of FSW, whichever is lower.
FRHP is calculated using Equation 28.
FCROSS is selected at 1/10 of FRHP or 1/10 of FSW, whichever is lower.
In this example, 1.59 kHz is selected as a target FCROSS and FLP is selected to be 286 Hz (K1 = 0.18).
In general, there is about 5% or less undershoot with FLP = 0.1 × FCROSS (K1 = 0.1) and 10% or less undershoot with FLP = 0.2 × FCROSS (K1 = 0.2) during 0% to 100% load transient. The recommended K1 factor range is from 0.02 to 0.2.
FLP is calculated using Equation 31.
The minimum required output capacitance value is calculated using Equation 32.
The maximum output ripple current is calculated at the minimum input supply voltage using Equation 33:
The ripple current rating of the output capacitors must be enough to handle the output ripple current. By using multiple output capacitors, the ripple current can be split. In practice, ceramic capacitors are placed closer to the diode and the MOSFET than the bulk aluminum capacitors to absorb the majority of the ripple current.
In this example, three 100-µF capacitors are placed in parallel to ensure ripple current capability. If high-ESR capacitors are used for the output capacitor, additional 10-µF ceramic capacitors can be placed close to the switching components to minimize switching noise.