JAJSHL8B June 2012 – June 2019 LMR12015 , LMR12020
PRODUCTION DATA.
The complete LMR12015/20 DC/DC converter efficiency can be calculated in the following manner.
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Calculations for determining the most significant power losses are following. Other losses totaling less than 2% are not discussed.
Power loss (PLOSS) is the sum of two basic types of losses in the converter, switching and conduction. Conduction losses usually dominate at higher output loads, where as switching losses remain relatively fixed and dominate at lower output loads. The first step in determining the losses is to calculate the duty cycle (D).
VDS is the voltage drop across the internal NFET when it is on, and is equal to:
VD is the forward voltage drop across the Schottky diode. It can be obtained from the Electrical Characteristics section of the schottky diode datasheet. If the voltage drop across the inductor (VDCR) is accounted for, the equation becomes:
VDCR usually gives only a minor duty cycle change, and has been omitted in the examples for simplicity.