SNVSBW1C December 2021 – August 2024 LM63440-Q1 , LM63460-Q1
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Use a feedforward capacitor, CFF, to improve the phase margin and transient response of converter circuits that have low-ESR output capacitors. Because this capacitor can conduct noise from the output of the circuit directly to the FB node of the IC, connect a 1kΩ resistor, designated as RFF in Figure 8-1 or Figure 8-2, in series with CFF. If the ESR zero of the output capacitor is below 200kHz, feedforward network components are not required.
Capacitor CFF has little effect if the output voltage is less than 2.5V, so CFF can be omitted. If the output voltage setpoint is greater than 14V, do not use CFF because it introduces too much gain at higher frequencies. Use the LM63440-Q1 or LM63460-Q1 Quickstart Calculator to review bode plot performance for a given combination of output capacitance and feedforward capacitance.