JAJSGT7B May 2013 – January 2019 TPS55330
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The first step is to decide on a switching frequency for the regulator. There are tradeoffs to consider for a higher or lower switching frequency. A higher switching frequency allows for lower valued inductor and smaller output capacitors leading to the smallest solution size. A lower switching frequency will result in a larger solution size but better efficiency. The user will typically set the frequency for the minimum tolerable efficiency to avoid excessively large external components.
A switching frequency of 600 kHz is a good trade-off between efficiency and solution size. The appropriate resistor value is found from the resistance versus frequency graph of Figure 5, or calculated using Equation 1. R4 is calculated to be 78.4 kΩ and the nearest standard value resistor of 78.7 kΩ is selected. A resistor must be placed from the FREQ pin to ground, even if an external oscillation is applied for synchronization.