ZHCSFE2A August 2016 – November 2017 LM5161-Q1
PRODUCTION DATA.
If the FPWM = 1, i.e. the FPWM pin is pulled high as when connected to VCC, a series resistor in series with the output capacitor or the external ripple injection circuit must be selected such that sufficient ripple injection (> 25mV) is ensured at the feedback pin FB. The ripple produced by RESR is proportional to the inductor current ripple, and therefore, RESR should be chosen for minimum inductor current ripple which occurs at minimum input voltage. The RESR is calculated by Equation 17.
With VO = 12 V, VREF = 2 V and ΔIL, min = 81 mA (at VIN, min= 15 V) as calculated in Equation 14, Equation 17 requires an RESR greater than or equal to 1.87 Ω. Selecting R4 (RESR) = 2 Ω results in approximately 700 mV of maximum output voltage ripple at VIN,max. However due to the internal DC Error correction loop, the load and line regulation will be much improved, despite the addition of a large RESR in the circuit. For applications which require even lower output voltage ripple, Type 2 or Type 3 ripple injection circuits must be used, as described inRipple Configuration. In this design example, with the FPWM =1 (i.e. the FPWM pin is pulled up to VCC) a 0 Ω ESR resistor is selected and the external Type 3 ripple injection circuit is used.