SLUSFF2 October 2024 UCG28826
ADVANCE INFORMATION
The bulk capacitor includes one or more high voltage electrolytic capacitors in parallel at the output of the bridge rectifier. These are required for storing energy for the duration when instantaneous line input voltage reduces below its peak value while delivering rated output power. Input EMI filter design is outside the scope of this datasheet and not discussed.
It is required to maintain a certain minimum input bulk capacitor voltage (VBULKmin) to prevent from triggering brown-out and ensuring sufficient power delivery. VBULKmin is assumed to be 75V for this design. The minimum required input bulk capacitance (CIN) can be estimated using Equation 2. Its value depends on the rated input power, VBULKmin, min. AC line input voltage and the time duration for which this capacitor needs to support the output load without reducing below VBULKmin.
Using above equation, min. CIN value comes to 100μF for POUT of 65W, 93% efficiency at VACmin of 85VAC. Multiple capacitors can be used in parallel to realize this value to reduce total ESR and size of these capacitors.