SNVA941A June 2020 – November 2022 LM5156 , LM5156-Q1 , LM51561 , LM51561-Q1 , LM51561H , LM51561H-Q1 , LM5156H , LM5156H-Q1
The input capacitors smooth the supply ripple voltage during operation. For this design and input capacitance of 100 µF is selected. Assuming that low ESR, high quality ceramic capacitor are used, Equation 18 is used to calculate the maximum supply voltage ripple based on input capacitance of 100 µF
The supply voltage ripple is a function of the load impedance of the supply voltage power supply. If the impedance of the input supply is large more input capacitance is required to minimize the ripple.