Use Equation 30 to calculate the required buck inductance based on a 30% inductor ripple current at
nominal input voltages.
Equation 30.
Select a standard inductor value of 0.56 µH or
use a 0.68 µH to account for effective inductance
derating with current of molded inductors. Use
Equation 31 to calculate the peak inductor currents at
maximum steady-state input voltage. Subharmonic
oscillation occurs with a duty cycle greater than
50% for peak current-mode control. For design
simplification, the LM25148 has an
internal slope compensation ramp proportional to
the switching frequency that is added to the
current sense signal to damp any tendency toward
subharmonic oscillation.
Equation 31.
Based on Equation 8, use Equation 32 to cross-check the inductance to set a slope compensation close to the ideal one times
the inductor current downslope.