SLUSBO6C JANUARY 2014 – October 2018 TPS40425
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Select a switching frequency for the regulator. There is a tradeoff between higher and lower switching frequencies for buck converters. Higher switching frequencies may produce smaller solution size using lower valued inductors and smaller output capacitors compared to a power supply that switches at a lower frequency. However, the higher switching frequency causes extra switching losses, which decrease efficiency and impact thermal performance. In this design, a moderate switching frequency of 500 kHz achieves both a small solution size and a high-efficiency operation. With the frequency selected, the timing resistor is calculated using Equation 10. The standard value 40.2 kΩ is used in the design.