ZHCSM62C September 2020 – December 2021 TPS542A50
PRODUCTION DATA
The inductor value is a compromise between having a good load step transient response, output ripple voltage, and efficiency. A good practice is to select the inductor ripple current value between 15% to 50% of the maximum output current. The output capacitor absorbs the inductor-ripple current. Therefore, selecting a high inductor-ripple current impacts the selection of the output capacitor because the output capacitor must have a ripple-current rating equal to or greater than the inductor-ripple current. Using 35% target ripple current, the required inductor size can be calculated as shown in Equation 3.
A standard inductor value of 220 nH is selected.