SLUSAQ4G October 2011 – September 2022 TPS40422
PRODUCTION DATA
In this design, current sensing is accomplished using the series resistance of the inductor. In order to do this, a large AC switching voltage forced across the inductor must be filtered out so that the measured voltage is only a DC drop. This filter is implemented via an R-C network directly across the output inductor. The R-C network is chosen such that it provides enough filtering for the application, but in this case the resistor value cannot exceed 2 kΩ in order to keep the error from the CSxN and CSxP pin bias current to a minimum. Also, the time constant of the filter has to match the time constant of the output inductor. Based on the component labels in Figure 8-2, the following equation computes the capacitor value.
A practical capacitor value for the EVM was chosen to be 0.47 µF. The capacitor C27 and C23 should be placed as close to the CSxP and CSxN pins as possible to provide good bypass filtering. R5 and R6 should be placed close to the inductor to prevent traces with the switch node voltage from being propagated across the board and getting close to sensitive pins.