SLVSDU5A April 2018 – November 2019 TPS57112C-Q1
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The TPS57112C-Q1 device requires a high-quality ceramic, type X5R or X7R, input decoupling capacitor with at least 4.7 μF of effective capacitance, and in some applications a bulk capacitance. The effective capacitance includes any dc bias effects. The voltage rating of the input capacitor must be greater than the maximum input voltage. The capacitor must also have a ripple-current rating greater than the maximum input ripple current of the TPS57112C-Q1 device. Calculate the input ripple current using Equation 29.
The value of a ceramic capacitor varies significantly over temperature and the amount of dc bias applied to the capacitor. Minimize the capacitance variations due to temperature by selecting a dielectric material that is stable over temperature. The usual selection for power regulator capacitors is an X5R or X7R ceramic dielectric, because they have a high capacitance-to-volume ratio and are fairly stable over temperature. The output capacitor selection must also take the dc bias into account. The capacitance value of a capacitor decreases as the dc bias across a capacitor increases.
This example design requires a ceramic capacitor with at least a 10-V voltage rating to support the maximum input voltage. The selection for this example is one 10-μF capacitor in parallel with one 0.1-μF capacitor, both with 10-V ratings. The input capacitance value determines the input ripple voltage of the regulator. Use Equation 30 to calculate the input voltage ripple.
Using the design example values, IO(max) = 2 A, C(IN) = 10 μF, f(SW) = 1 MHz, yields an input voltage ripple of 50 mV and an RMS input ripple current of 0.98 A.