SLUSCZ1 May 2017 TPS92518-Q1
PRODUCTION DATA.
The BOOT capacitor provides the power for the high-side gate drive circuitry. The capacitor is charged each cycle from VCC during the off-time phase of the switching cycle. During the off-time, the free-wheeling diode conducts, pulling the switchnode (SW) low and providing a conduction path to charge the capacitor. During the on-time, the current required to charge the high-side FET gate and power the driver are supplied by the capacitor.
A minimum boot capacitor can be calculated by considering: the MOSFET Qg, the driver quiescent current, and the desired nominal maximum on-time. Other factors include: the BOOT diode Vf, the minimum BOOT operation voltage, and the level of the switchnode (SWx) during the off-time. A rough estimate can be calculated using Equation 17: or just use 0.1µF.
The variables are defined by:
Variable | Description |
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Qg | High-side FET total gate charge (Qg) as shown in the FET datasheet. |
VCC | 7.5 V |
VSW(off) | The switchnode voltage when the high-side FET is off. Use 0 V. |
VBOOT-UVLO(MAX) | 5.2 V |
IBOOT-Q | 200 µA |
tON | Estimate your worst case on-time or use 500 µs |
Vf(bd) | Forward drop of the boot diode |
A typical solution calculates a minimum CBOOT of approximately 60 nF, justifying the 100 nF selection.
If conditions are created which cause the boot capacitor to become depleted (see Drop-out Operation) and reach VBOOT-UVLO, switching is disabled until VBOOT increases by VBOOT-UVLO-HYST.