SLUSDW9A June 2020 – June 2020 TPS51215A
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Figure 11 shows a simplified model of D-CAP2 mode architecture in the TPS51215A.
When TPS51215A operates in D-CAP2 mode, it uses an internal phase compensation network (RC1, RC2, CC1 and CC2 and G) to work with very low ESR output capacitors such as multi-layer ceramic capacitors (MLCC) and POSCAP. The role of such network is to sense and scale the ripple component of the inductor current information and then use it in conjunction with the voltage feedback to achieve loop stability of the converter.
The switching frequency used for D-CAP2 mode is 600 kHz and it is generally recommended to have a unity gain crossover (f0) of 1/4 of the switching frequency, which is approximately 150 kHz for the purpose of this application.
Given the range of the recommended unity gain frequency, the power stage design is flexible, as long as Equation 6 is true.
When TPS51215A is configured in D-CAP2 mode, the overall loop response is dominated by the internal phase compensation network. The compensation network is designed to have two identical zeros at 7.7 kHz in the frequency domain, which serves the purpose of splitting the L-C double pole into one low frequency pole (same as the L-C double pole frequency) and one high-frequency pole (greater than the unity gain crossover frequency).