SLUSBO6C JANUARY 2014 – October 2018 TPS40425
PRODUCTION DATA.
The desired response to a load transient is the first criterion. The output capacitor must supply the load with the required current when not immediately provided by the regulator. When the output capacitor supplies load current, the impedance of the capacitor affects the magnitude of voltage deviation during the transient.
In order to meet the requirements for control loop stability, TPS40425 requires the addition of compensation components in the design of the error amplifier. While these compensation components provide for a stable control loop, they often also reduce the speed with which the regulator can respond to load transients. Figure 22 shows the waveforms of inductor current (IL) and voltage deviation (∆VOUT) during a ∆IOUT load step up. It also shows the response time (tRESP) that inductor current changes from previous load current to the new load current.
(1) See Equation 15 | (2) See Equation 16 |
The response time tRESP can be calculated using Equation 15 and Equation 16. Usually the cross frequency fCO is set to between one tenth and one fifth of the switching frequency, fSW. In the design the switching frequency is 500 kHz, therefore 50 kHz is used for fCO in the calculation. Equation 18 calculates the minimum required output capacitance COUT(min).