ZHCS826C January 2012 – November 2023 TPS40170-Q1
PRODUCTION DATA
The selection of the output capacitor is typically driven by the output transient response. Equation 21 and Equation 22 overestimate the voltage deviation to account for delays in the loop bandwidth and can be used to determine the required output capacitance:
If VIN(min) > 2 × VOUT, use overshoot to calculate minimum output capacitance. If VIN(min) < 2 × VOUT, use undershoot to calculate minimum output capacitance.
With a minimum capacitance, the maximum allowable ESR is determined by the maximum ripple voltage and is approximated by Equation 24.
Two 1210, 22-µF, 16-V X7R ceramic capacitors plus two 0805 10-µF, 16-V X7R ceramic capacitors are selected to provide more than 59 µF of minimum capacitance (including tolerance and dc bias derating) and less than 47 mΩ of ESR (parallel ESR of approximately 4 mΩ).