SNVS600J December 2008 – June 2022 LM5088 , LM5088-Q1
PRODUCTION DATA
A Schottky type re-circulating diode is required for all LM5088 applications. The near ideal reverse recovery current transients and low forward voltage drop are particularly important diode characteristics for high input voltage and low output voltage applications common to LM5088. The diode switching loss is minimized in a Schottky diode because of near ideal reverse recovery. The conduction loss can be approximated by:
where
The worst case is to assume a short circuit load condition. In this case, the diode carries the output current almost continuously. The reverse breakdown rating must be selected for the maximum input voltage level, plus some additional safety margin to withstand ringing at the SW node. For this application, a 60-V On Semiconductor Schottky diode (MBRB2060) with a specified forward drop of 0.6 V at 7 A at a junction temperature of 50°C was selected. For output loads of 5 A and greater and high input voltage applications, a diode in a D2PAK package is recommended to support the worst case power dissipation.