8.2.1 Design Requirements
Before starting a design, the following five design criteria should be considered. These criteria are the basic inputs into the detailed design procedure listed below.
- Output voltage: Choose an output voltage between 0.8 V and the lowest expected input voltage.
- Size vs efficiency: Choose 1 MHz for small physical size, and 500 kHz switching frequency for efficiency.
- Step load response and ripple: Use this criterion to select output capacitance. Also see compensation in Detailed Design Procedure.
- UVLO: Input UVLO voltage should be selected. A voltage divider connected to the EN input can be used to select input start-up voltage.
- Tracking: If tracking is desired, a voltage divider can be connected to the SS node.