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applications provided that consideration is given to ripple
current ratings and long term reliability. Ceramic capacitors
have excellent low ESR characteristics but can have a
high voltage coefficient and audible piezoelectric effects.
The high Q of ceramic capacitors with trace inductance
can also lead to significant ringing.
Using Ceramic Input and Output Capacitors
Higher values, lower cost ceramic capacitors are now
becoming available in smaller case sizes. Their high ripple
current, high voltage rating and low ESR make them ideal
for switching regulator applications. However, care must
be taken when these capacitors are used at the input and
output. When a ceramic capacitor is used at the input
and the power is supplied by a wall adapter through long
wires, a load step at the output can induce ringing at the
input, VIN. At best, this ringing can couple to the output
and be mistaken as loop instability. At worst, a sudden
inrush of current through the long wires can potentially
cause a voltage spike at VIN large enough to damage the
part.
Checking Transient Response
The regulator loop response can be checked by looking
at the load transient response. Switching regulators take
several cycles to respond to a step in load current. When
a load step occurs, VOUT immediately shifts by an amount
equal to ΔILOAD(ESR), where ESR is the effective series
resistance of COUT. ΔILOAD also begins to charge or
discharge COUT generating a feedback error signal used
by the regulator to return VOUT to its steady-state value.
During this recovery time, VOUT can be monitored for
overshoot or ringing that would indicate a stability problem.
The COMP pin external components and output capacitor
shown in Typical Application Circuit will provide adequate
compensation for most applications.
Efficiency Considerations
The efficiency of a switching regulator is equal to the output
power divided by the input power times 100%. It is often
useful to analyze individual losses to determine what is
limiting the efficiency and which change would produce
the most improvement. Efficiency can be expressed as :
Efficiency = 100% − (L1+ L2+ L3+ ...) where L1, L2, etc.
are the individual losses as a percentage of input power.
Although all dissipative elements in the circuit produce
losses, two main sources usually account for most of the
losses: VDD quiescent current and I2R losses.
The VDD quiescent current loss dominates the efficiency
loss at very low load currents whereas the I2R loss
dominates the efficiency loss at medium to high load
currents. In a typical efficiency plot, the efficiency curve
at very low load currents can be misleading since the
actual power lost is of no consequence.
1. The VDD quiescent current is due to two components :
the DC bias current as given in the electrical characteristics
and the internal main switch and synchronous switch gate
charge currents. The gate charge current results from
switching the gate capacitance of the internal power
MOSFET switches. Each time the gate is switched from
high to low to high again, a packet of charge ΔQ moves
from VDD to ground. The resulting ΔQ/Δt is the current out
of VDD that is typically larger than the DC bias current. In
continuous mode, IGATECHG = f(QT+QB) where QT and QB
are the gate charges of the internal top and bottom
switches.
Both the DC bias and gate charge losses are proportional
to VDD and thus their effects will be more pronounced at
higher supply voltages.
2. I2R losses are calculated from the resistances of the
internal switches, RSW and external inductor RL. In
continuous mode, the average output current flowing
through inductor L is “chopped” between the main switch
and the synchronous switch. Thus, the series resistance
looking into the LX pin is a function of both top and bottom
MOSFET RDS(ON) and the duty cycle (D) as follows :
RSW = RDS(ON)TOP x D + RDS(ON)BOT x (1"D) The RDS(ON)
for both the top and bottom MOSFETs can be obtained
from the Typical Performance Characteristics curves. Thus,
to obtain I2R losses, simply add RSW to RL and multiply
the result by the square of the average output current.
Other losses including CIN and COUT ESR dissipative
losses and inductor core losses generally account for less
than 2% of the total loss.
DS8015D-02 March 2011
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