ZHCSMV4A December 2020 – December 2022 TPS548B28
PRODUCTION DATA
To calculate the value of the output inductor (LOUT), use Equation 10. The output capacitor filters the inductor-ripple current (IIND(ripple)). 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. On the other hand, larger ripple current increases output ripple voltage, but improves signal-to-noise ratio and helps to stabilize operation. Generally speaking, the inductance value must set the ripple current at approximately 15% to 40% of the maximum output current for a balanced performance.
For this design, the inductor-ripple current is set to 30% of 20-A output current. With a 800-kHz switching frequency, 14 V as maximum VIN, and 1.0 V as the output voltage, the calculated inductance is 0.290 µH.
The inductor requires a low DCR to achieve good efficiency. The inductor also requires enough room above peak inductor current before saturation. The peak inductor current is estimated using Equation 11. For this design, by selecting 6.04 kΩ as the RTRIP, IOC(valley) is set to 20 A, thus peak inductor current under maximum VIN is calculated as 3.869 A.