ZHCSJU9E January 2007 – June 2019 TPS40077
PRODUCTION DATA.
The output inductor is one of the most important components to select. It stores the energy necessary to keep the output regulated when the switch FET is turned off. The value of the output inductor dictates the peak and RMS currents in the converter. These currents are important when selecting other components. Equation 18 can be used to calculate a value for LOUT for this module which operates at a switching frequency (f) of 300 kHz.
IRIPPLE is the allowable ripple in the inductor. Select IRIPPLE to be between 20% and 30% of maximum IOUT. For this design, IRIPPLE of 2.5 A was selected. Calculated LOUT is 2.13 μH. A standard inductor with value of 2.5 μH was chosen. This will reduce IRIPPLE by about 17% to 2.07 A.
This IRIPPLE value can be used calculate the rms and peak current flowing in LOUT with Equation 19. Note that this peak current is also seen by the switching FET and synchronous rectifier.
The power loss from the selected inductor DCR is 357 mW. The ac core loss for this Coilcraft inductor may be found from the Coilcraft Web site, where there is a loss calculator. The loss is 179 mW calculated with Equation 20.
The inductor is selected with a saturation current higher than this current plus the current that is developed charging the output capacitance during the soft-start interval.