SLVS843B December 2008 – May 2018 TPS650250
PRODUCTION DATA.
The advanced Fast Response voltage mode control scheme of the inductive converters implemented in the TPS650250x allows the use of small ceramic capacitors with a typical value of 10 µF for each converter, without having large output voltage under and overshoots during heavy load transients. Ceramic capacitors having low ESR values have the lowest output voltage ripple and are recommended. Refer to Table 5 for recommended components.
If ceramic output capacitors are used, the capacitor RMS ripple current rating will always meet the application requirements. For completeness, the RMS ripple current is calculated as:
At nominal load current the inductive converters operate in PWM mode and the overall output voltage ripple is the sum of the voltage spike caused by the output capacitor ESR plus the voltage ripple caused by charging and discharging the output capacitor:
Where the highest output voltage ripple occurs at the highest input voltage, Vin.
At light load currents the converters operate in Power Save Mode and output voltage ripple is dependent on the output capacitor value. The output voltage ripple is set by the internal comparator delay and the external capacitor. Typical output voltage ripple is less than 1% of the nominal output voltage.