JAJSHZ6B December 2008 – September 2019 TPS737-Q1
PRODUCTION DATA.
A precision bandgap reference is used to generate the internal reference voltage (VREF). This reference is the dominant noise source within the TPS737xx-Q1 and it generates approximately 32 µVRMS (10 Hz to 100 kHz) at the reference output (NR). The regulator control loop adds gain to the reference noise with the same gain as the reference voltage, so that the noise voltage of the regulator is approximately given by Equation 1.
Because the value of VREF is 1.2 V, this relationship reduces to:
for the case of no CNR.
An internal 27-kΩ resistor in series with the noise reduction pin (NR) forms a low-pass filter for the voltage reference when an external noise reduction capacitor (CNR) is connected from NR to ground. The total noise in the 10-Hz to 100-kHz bandwidth is reduced by a factor of approximately 3.2 for CNR = 10 nF, giving the approximate relationship for CNR = 10 nF in Equation 3.
This noise reduction effect is shown in Figure 18.
The TPS737xx-Q1 uses an internal charge pump to develop an internal supply voltage sufficient to drive the gate of the NMOS pass element above VOUT. The charge pump generates approximately 250 µV of switching noise at approximately 4 MHz, however, charge-pump noise contribution is negligible at the output of the regulator for most values of IOUT and COUT.