JAJS194E January 2007 – June 2019 TPS40077
PRODUCTION DATA.
The input capacitor is selected to handle the ripple current of the buck stage. Also, a relatively large capacitance is used to keep the ripple voltage on the supply line low. This is especially important where the supply line has high impedance. It is recommended however, that the supply-line impedance be kept as low as possible.
The input-capacitor ripple current can be calculated using Equation 24.
IIN(AVG) is the average input current. This is calculated simply by multiplying the output dc current by the duty cycle. The ripple current in the input capacitor is 3.3 A. An 1812 MLCC using X5R material has a typical dissipation factor of 5%. For a 22-μF capacitor at 300 kHz, the ESR is approximately 4 mΩ. Two capacitors are used in parallel, so the power dissipation in each capacitor is less than 11 mW.
A 470-μF/16-V electrolytic is added to maintain the voltage on the input rail.