SLUS720F February 2007 – June 2019 TPS40195
PRODUCTION DATA.
Selection of the boost capacitor is based on the total gate charge of the switching MOSFET and the allowable ripple on the boost voltage, VBOOST. A ripple of 0.2 V is assumed for this design. Using these two parameter and equation (26) the minimum value for CBOOST can be calculated.
The total gate charge of the switching MOSFET is 13.3 nC. A minimum CBOOST of 0.066-μF is required. A 0.1-μF capacitor was chosen. This capacitor must be able to withstand the maximum input voltage plus the maximum voltage on BP. This is 16 V plus 5.4 V which is 21.4 V. A 50-V capacitor is used.
To reduce losses in the TPS40195 and to increase the available gate voltage for the switching MOSFET an external diode can be added between the BP pin and the BOOST pin of the device. A small signal schottky should be used here, such as the BAT54.