SLVSA94K December 2012 – May 2019 TPS50301-HT
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Figure 25 shows an equivalent model for the device control loop, which can be modeled in a circuit simulation program to check frequency response and transient responses. The error amplifier is a transconductance amplifier with a gm of 1300 μA/V. The error amplifier can be modeled using an ideal voltage-controlled current source. The resistor, Roea (30 MΩ), and capacitor, Coea (20.7 pF), model the open-loop gain and frequency response of the error amplifier. The 1-mV ac voltage source between the nodes a and b effectively breaks the control loop for the frequency response measurements. Plotting a/c and c/b show the small signal responses of the power stage and frequency compensation respectively. Plotting a/b shows the small signal response of the overall loop. The dynamic loop response can be checked by replacing the RL with a current source with the appropriate load-step amplitude and step rate in a time domain analysis.