SLVS413K October 2002 – July 2022 TPS61040 , TPS61041
PRODUCTION DATA
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The line regulation of the TPS6104x depends on the voltage ripple on the feedback pin. Usually a 50 mV peak-to-peak voltage ripple on the feedback pin FB gives good results.
Some applications require a very tight line regulation and can only allow a small change in output voltage over a certain input voltage range. If no feedforward capacitor CFF is used across the upper resistor of the voltage feedback divider, the device has the best line regulation. Without the feedforward capacitor the output voltage ripple is higher because the TPS6104x shows output voltage bursts instead of single pulses on the switch pin (SW), increasing the output voltage ripple. Increasing the output capacitor value reduces the output voltage ripple.
If a larger output capacitor value is not an option, a feed-forward capacitor CFF can be used as described in the previous section. The use of a feedforward capacitor increases the amount of voltage ripple present on the feedback pin (FB). The greater the voltage ripple on the feedback pin (≥50 mV), the worse the line regulation. There are two ways to improve the line regulation further: