JAJSF96C April 2018 – October 2021 LM5036
PRODUCTION DATA
Equation 92 describes the output ripple voltage amplitude for a buck converter. This equation may be used if there is no secondary winding or if the current supplied by VAUX2 is small compared with that supplied by VAUX1 (IAUX1>>IAUX2). Equation 92 neglects capacitor ESR and therefore calculates only the capacitive component of output voltage ripple.
Figure 7-26 shows the flybuck primary and secondary winding current waveforms IL_PRI and IL_SEC. The reflected secondary winding current adds to the primary winding current during the off-time of the high-side switch. Due to this increased current, the output voltage ripple is not the same as in a conventional buck converter. In this case the average current flowing into CAUX1 during the tON period is the reflected secondary current. Hence Equation 94 can be used to calculate ΔVAUX1Cap, the voltage ripple across the primary side capacitor, for the more typical case when the secondary current cannot be neglected. Notice that Equation 94 neglects capacitor ESR and therefore calculates only the capacitive component of ripple voltage amplitude.