How AECM control works

The PWM mode control scheme is similar to PCM control. As shown in Figure 8 on the following page, the internal clock initials one on-pulse; the high-side FET then turns on, with current increasing in the inductor. When the emulated ramp voltage, feedback voltage and slope compensation voltage reach the integrated reference voltage, the high-side FET turns off and the low-side FET turns on until the next clock cycle. Therefore, in PWM mode, the switching frequency is truly fixed.

Figure 9 shows the load-transient behavior of the AECM device. The duty cycle increases or decreases with a decrease or increase of V_OUT.