SLUSCO8B November 2016 – June 2018 TPS54200 , TPS54201
PRODUCTION DATA.
Use Equation 3 to calculate the minimum value of the output inductor (LMIN).
where
In general, the suggested value of KIND is between 0.2 and 0.4. For an application that can tolerate higher LED current ripple or use larger output capacitors, one can choose 0.4 for KIND. Otherwise, a smaller KIND like 0.2 can be chosen to get low-enough LED current ripple.
With the chosen inductor value the user can calculate the actual inductor current ripple using Equation 4.
The inductor rms-current and saturation-current ratings must be greater than the rms current and saturation current seen in the application. This ensures that the inductor does not overheat or saturate. During power up, transient conditions, or fault conditions, the inductor current can exceed its normal operating current. For this reason, the most conservative approach is to specify an inductor with a saturation current rating equal to or greater than the converter current limit. This is not always possible due to application size limitations. The peak-inductor-current and rms-current equations are shown in Equation 5 and Equation 6.
In this design, choose KIND = 0.3. According to the LED manufacturer’s data sheet, the IR LED has 1.75-V forward voltage at 1.5-A current, so VOUT = 1.75 V × 3 + 0.2 V = 5.45 V and the calculated inductance is 11.9 µH. A 10-µH inductor (part number is 744066100 from Wurth) is chosen. With this inductor, the ripple, peak, and rms currents of the inductor are 0.53 A, 1.77 A, and 1.51 A, respectively. The chosen inductor has ample margin.