SNVSA55C December 2014 – January 2018 LP3907-Q1
PRODUCTION DATA.
A ceramic input capacitor of 10 µF, 6.3 V is sufficient for the magnetic DC-DC converters. Place the input capacitor as close to the input of the device as possible. A large value may be used for improved input voltage filtering. The recommended capacitor types are X7R or X5R. Y5V type capacitors should not be used. DC bias characteristics of ceramic capacitors must be considered when selecting case sizes like 0805 and 0603. The input filter capacitor supplies current to the PFET switch of the DC-DC converter in the first half of each cycle and reduces voltage ripple imposed on the input power source. A ceramic capacitor’s low ESR provides the best noise filtering of the input voltage spikes due to fast current transients. A capacitor with sufficient ripple current rating must be selected. The Input current ripple can be calculated as:
The worse case is when VIN = 2 VOUT.