SLVSAO4C December 2010 – June 2020 TPS61240-Q1
PRODUCTION DATA.
For the output capacitor, it is recommended to use small ceramic capacitors placed as close as possible to the VOUT and GND pins of the IC. If, for any reason, the application requires the use of large capacitors which can not be placed close to the IC, using a smaller ceramic capacitor in parallel to the large one is recommended. This small capacitor should be placed as close as possible to the VOUT and GND pins of the IC. To get an estimate of the recommended minimum output capacitance, Equation 5 can be used.
where
With a chosen ripple voltage of 10 mV, a minimum effective capacitance of 2.3 μF is needed. The total ripple is larger due to the ESR of the output capacitor. This additional component of the ripple can be calculated using ΔVESR = IOUT × RESR
A capacitor with a value equal to or higher than the calculated minimum should be used. This is required to maintain control loop stability. There are no additional requirements regarding minimum ESR. There is no upper limit for the output capacitance value. Larger capacitors cause lower output voltage ripple as well as lower output voltage drop during load transients.
Note that ceramic capacitors have a DC bias effect, which will have a strong influence on the final effective capacitance. Therefore the correct capacitor value has to be chosen carefully. Package size and voltage rating in combination with material are responsible for differences between the rated capacitor value and the effective capacitance.