SLVSCL3E June 2014 – May 2019 TPS65283 , TPS65283-1
PRODUCTION DATA.
TI recommends a minimum 10-µF X7R/X5R ceramic input capacitor to be added between VIN and GND. Connect these capacitors as close as physically possible to the input pins of the converters as they handle the RMS ripple current shown in Equation 14. For this example, Iout = 2 A, Vout = 5 V, minimum Vin_min = 12 V, from Equation 14, the input capacitors must support a ripple current of 998-mA RMS.
The input capacitance value determines the input ripple voltage of the regulator. The input voltage ripple can be calculated using Equation 15. Using the design example values, Iout_max = 2.5 A, Cin = 10 µF, ƒSW = 500 kHz for buck2, yields an input voltage ripple of 125 mV.
To prevent large voltage transients, use a low-ESR capacitor sized for the maximum RMS current.