EVAL5985 STMicroelectronics, EVAL5985 Datasheet - Page 16

• Manufacturer Part Number: EVAL5985
• Description: BOARD EVAL FOR L5985
• Manufacturer: STMicroelectronics
• Type: DC/DC Switching Converters, Regulators & Controllersr

Specifications of EVAL5985

• Main Purpose: DC/DC, Step Down
• Outputs And Type: 1, Non-Isolated
• Voltage - Output: 3.3V
• Current - Output: 2A
• Voltage - Input: 3.3 ~ 18V
• Regulator Topology: Buck
• Frequency - Switching: 500kHz
• Board Type: Fully Populated
• Utilized Ic / Part: L5985
• Input Voltage: 2.9 V to 18 V
• Output Voltage: 0.6 V to 16 V
• Product: Power Management Modules
• Silicon Manufacturer: ST Micro
• Silicon Core Number: L5985
• Kit Application Type: Power Management - Voltage Regulator
• Application Sub Type: Step Down Switching Regulator
• Kit Contents: Board
• Lead Free Status / RoHS Status: Lead free / RoHS Compliant
• Power - Output: -
• Lead Free Status / Rohs Status: Lead free / RoHS Compliant
• For Use With/related Products: L5985
• Other names: 497-6387; EVAL5985

Application information
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Table 7.
Output capacitor selection
The current in the capacitor has a triangular waveform which generates a voltage ripple
across it. This ripple is due to the capacitive component (charge or discharge of the output
capacitor) and the resistive component (due to the voltage drop across its ESR). So the
output capacitor has to be selected in order to have a voltage ripple compliant with the
application requirements.
The amount of the voltage ripple can be calculated starting from the current ripple obtained
by the inductor selection.
Equation 9
Usually the resistive component of the ripple is much higher than the capacitive one, if the
output capacitor adopted is not a multi layer ceramic capacitor (MLCC) with very low ESR
value.
The output capacitor is important also for loop stability: it fixes the double LC filter pole and
the zero due to its ESR. In
system stability.
For example with V
order to have a ΔV
needed and the ESR effect on the output voltage ripple can be neglected. In case of not
negligible ESR (electrolytic or tantalum capacitors), the capacitor is chosen taking into
account its ESR value. So in case of 100 µF with ESR = 40 mΩ, the resistive component of
the drop dominates and the voltage ripple is 25 mV.
The output capacitor is also important to sustain the output voltage when a load transient
with high slew rate is required by the load. When the load transient slew rate exceeds the
system bandwidth the output capacitor provides the current to the load. So if the high slew
rate load transient is required by the application the output capacitor and system bandwidth
have to be chosen in order to sustain the load transient.
In the table below some capacitor series are listed.
Manufacturer
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Inductors (continued)
OUT
OUT
= 0.01·V
= 3.3 V, V
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ΔV
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OUT
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Series
OUT
IN
, if the multi layer capacitor are adopted, 10 uF are
=
= 12 V, ΔI
5.4, it will be illustrated how to consider its effect in the
ESR ΔI
⋅
MAX
L
= 0.6 A (resulting by the inductor value), in
Inductor value (μH)
+
------------------------------------ -
8 C
⋅
4.7 to 10
15 to 33
15 to 22
ΔI
OUT
MAX
⋅
f
SW
Saturation current (A)
2.5 to 3.7
2.5 to 2.8
2.5 to 3.4
L5985