SLVSB10F July 2012 – November 2020 TPS54020
PRODUCTION DATA
The device uses a transconductance amplifier for the error amplifier and readily supports two of the commonly used Type II compensation circuits and a Type III frequency compensation circuit, as shown in Figure 9-4. In Type IIA, one additional high frequency pole, C10, is added to attenuate high frequency noise. In Type III, one additional capacitor, C7, is added to provide a phase boost at the crossover frequency. See Designing Type III Compensation for Current Mode Step-Down Converters (SLVA352) for a complete explanation of Type III compensation.
The design guidelines described in Section 9.1.4 are provided for advanced designers who prefer to compensate using the general method. The following equations apply only to designs in which ESR zero is above the bandwidth of the control loop. This is usually true with ceramic output capacitors.
The comp-to-switch transconductance gM(ps) is dependent on the current limit level that is selected. If a different current limit option is selected, the compensation needs to be redesigned with the new gM(ps).