SC1480A
POWER MANAGEMENT
Applications Information (Cont.)
( ) ( ) L = VBAT(MIN)
V − V BAT(MIN)
OUT
• t H ON _ VBAT(MIN)
0.5 • IOUT
the DC error. The DC error will be 1% plus the tolerance
of the feedback resistors, thus 2% total for 1%
feedback resistors.
and
.or our DDR2 VTT example:
( ) ( ) L = VBAT(MAX)
V − V BAT(MAX)
OUT
• t H ON _ VBAT(MAX)
0.5 • IOUT
ERRST = 36mV and ERRDC = 18mV, therefore
RESR_ST(MAX) = 26mΩ
.or our DDR2 VTT example:
LVBAT(MIN) = 1.6µH and LVBAT(MAX) = 2.1µH
We will select an inductor value of 2.2µH to reduce the
ripple current, which can be calculated as follows:
I = (V − V )• t L A RIPPLE _ VBAT(MIN)
BAT ( MIN )
OUT
ON _ VBAT(MIN)
P−P
and
I = (V − V )• t L A RIPPLE _ VBAT(MAX)
BAT ( MAX )
OUT
ON _ VBAT(MAX )
P−P
( ) RESR _ TR(MAX)
=
ERRTR − ERRDC
IOUT
+
IRIPPLE _ VBAT(MAX )
2
Ohms
Where ERRTR is the transient output tolerance. Note that
this calculation assumes that the worst case load
transient is full load. .or half of full load, divide the IOUT
term by 2.
.or our DDR2 VTT example:
ERRTR = 72mV and ERRDC = 18mV, therefore
.or our DDR2 VTT example:
RESR_TR(MAX) = 14.6mΩ for a 3A load transient
IRIPPLE_VBAT(MIN) = 1.06AP-P and IRIPPLE_VBAT(MAX) = 1.4AP-P
.rom this we can calculate the minimum inductor
current rating for normal operation:
I = I + I 2 A INDUCTOR(MIN)
OUT(MAX )
RIPPLE _ VBAT(MAX )
(MIN)
.or our DDR2 VTT example:
We will select a value of 15mΩ maximum for our
design.
Note that for constant-on converters there is a minimum
ESR requirement for stability which can be calculated as
follows:
RESR(MIN)
=
2•
3
π • COUT
•
fSW
IINDUCTOR(MIN) = 3.7A(MIN)
This criteria should be checked once the output
capacitance has been determined.
Next we will calculate the maximum output capacitor
equivalent series resistance (ESR). This is determined by
calculating the remaining static and transient tolerance
allowances. Then the maximum ESR is the smaller of the
calculated static ESR (RESR_ST(MAX)) and transient ESR
(RESR_TR(MAX)):
Now that we know the output ESR we can calculate the
output ripple voltage:
V = R • I V RIPPLE _ VBAT(MAX)
ESR RIPPLE _ VBAT(MAX) P−P
and
( ) R = ESR _ ST(MAX)
ERRST − ERRDC • 2 Ohms
IRIPPLE _ VBAT(MAX )
Where ERRST is the static output tolerance and ERRDC is
V = R • I V RIPPLE _ VBAT(MIN)
ESR RIPPLE _ VBAT(MIN) P−P
.or our DDR2 VTT example:
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