JAJSBF8B June 2011 – April 2018 TPS54478
PRODUCTION DATA.
The first step is to decide on a switching frequency for the regulator. Typically, choose the highest switching frequency possible since this produces the smallest solution size. The high switching frequency allows for lower valued inductors and smaller output capacitors compared to a power supply that switches at a lower frequency. However, the highest switching frequency causes extra switching losses, which hurt the converter’s performance. The converter is capable of running from 300 kHz to 2 MHz. Unless a small solution size is an ultimate goal, a moderate switching frequency of 1 MHz is selected to achieve both a small solution size and a high efficiency operation. Using Equation 7, R4 is calculated to be 35.4 kΩ. A standard 1% 35.7 kΩ value was chosen in the design.