JAJSMU6C June 2012 – September 2021 TPS54719
PRODUCTION DATA
The first step is to decide on a switching frequency for the regulator. Typically, the user wants to 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 performance of the converter. The converter is capable of running from 200 kHz to 2 MHz. Unless a small solution size is an ultimate goal, a moderate switching frequency of 500 kHz is selected to achieve both a small solution size and a high efficiency operation. Using Equation 8, R4 is calculated to be 77.8 kΩ. A standard 1% 78.7-kΩ value was chosen in the design.