L6911E
Device description
As shown in Figure 8 on page 18, the ESR drop is present in any case, but using the droop
function the total deviation of the output voltage is minimized. In practice the droop function
introduces a static error (Vdroop in Figure 8 on page 18) proportional to the output current.
Since a sense resistor is not present, the output DC current is measured by using the
intrinsic resistance of the inductance (a few mΩ). So the low-pass filtered inductor voltage
(that is the inductor current) is added to the feedback signal, implementing the droop
function in a simple way. Referring to the schematic in Figure 9, the static characteristic of
the closed loop system is:
Equation 13
VOUT
=
VPR
O
G
+
VP
R
O
G
⋅
R-----3-----+-----R-----8-----/--/---R-----9-
R2
–
-R----L----⋅---R-----8------/-/----R----9--
R8
⋅
IOU
T
Where VPROG is the output voltage of the digital to analog converter (i.e. the set point) and
zReLroislothaedin(∆dVu+c)t;atnhceethreirsdisttearnmcein. tTrohdeusceecsotnhde
term of the equation allows a positive offset at
droop effect (∆VDROOP). Note that the droop
effect is equal the ESR drop if:
Equation 14
-R----L----⋅---R-----8------/-/----R----9-- = ESR
R8
Figure 9. Compensation network
V IN
V COM P
C18
ZF
V PROG
PW M
C 20
R4
R3
R2
V PHASE
L2
RL
R8
R9
C 25
ZI
V OUT
ESR
C 6-15
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