SLVSB10F July 2012 – November 2020 TPS54020
PRODUCTION DATA
Figure 9-1 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 (2.38 MΩ) and capacitor COUT(ea) (20.7 pF) model the open loop gain and frequency response of the error amplifier. A low amplitude (between 10 mV and 100 mV AC) voltage source between node a and node b effectively breaks the control loop for the frequency response measurements. Plotting the designators a-c yields the small signal response of the plant, and plotting designators c-b yields the small signal response of the frequency compensation. Plotting designators a-b yields the small signal response of the overall loop. The dynamic loop response can be simulated by replacing the RLOAD with a current source with the appropriate load step amplitude and step rate in a time domain analysis.