LM2833ZMYEVAL National Semiconductor, LM2833ZMYEVAL Datasheet - Page 11

• Manufacturer Part Number: LM2833ZMYEVAL
• Description: BOARD EVAL LM2833 3MHZ 10MSOP
• Manufacturer: National Semiconductor

Specifications of LM2833ZMYEVAL

• Main Purpose: DC/DC, Step Down
• Outputs And Type: 1, Non-Isolated
• Voltage - Output: 1.2V
• Current - Output: 3A
• Voltage - Input: 3 ~ 5.5V
• Regulator Topology: Buck
• Frequency - Switching: 3MHz
• Board Type: Fully Populated
• Utilized Ic / Part: LM2833
• Silicon Manufacturer: National
• Silicon Core Number: LM2833
• Kit Application Type: Power Management - Voltage Regulator
• Application Sub Type: Step Down Switching Regulator
• Kit Contents: Board, Doc
• Lead Free Status / RoHS Status: Lead free / RoHS Compliant
• Power - Output: -

FIGURE 5. Startup Response to V
FIGURE 4. Startup Response to V
FIGURE 3. Startup Response to V
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with 100µs rise time
IN
with C
IN
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FREQUENCY FOLDBACK
The LM2833 uses frequency foldback to help limit switch cur-
rent and power dissipation during start-up, short-circuit and
over load conditions by sensing if the feedback voltage is be-
low 0.32V (typical). The LM2833 will reduce the switching
frequency from the nominal fixed value (1.5MHz or 3.0MHz)
down to 400kHz (LM2833X) or 800kHz (LM2833Z) when the
feedback voltage drops to 0V. See the Frequency Foldback
plot in the Typical Performance Characteristics section.
LOAD STEP RESPONSE
The LM2833 has a fixed internal loop compensation, which
results in a small-signal loop bandwidth highly related to the
output voltage level. In general, the loop bandwidth at low
voltage is larger than at high voltage due to the increased
overall loop gain. The limited bandwidth at high output voltage
may pose a challenge when loop step response is concerned.
In this case, one effective approach to improving loop step
response is to add a feed-forward capacitor (C
of 27nF to 100nF in parallel with the upper feedback resistor
(assuming the lower feedback resistor is 2kΩ), as shown in
Figure 6. The feed-forward capacitor introduces a zero-pole
pair which helps compensate the loop. The position of the
zero-pole pair is a function of the feedback resistors and ca-
pacitor:
Note the factor in parenthesis is the ratio of the output voltage
to the feedback voltage. As the output voltage gets close to
0.6V, the pole moves towards the zero, tending to cancel it
out. Consequently, adding C
response at lower output voltages.
As an example, Figure 8 shows that at the output voltage of
3.3V, a 47nF of C
from the original 23kHz as shown in Figure 7. Correspond-
ingly, the responses to a load step between 0.3A and 3A
without and with C
respectively. The higher loop bandwidth as a result of C
duces the total output excursion by more than half.
Aside from the above approach, increasing the output capac-
itance is generally also effective to reduce the excursion in
output voltage caused by a load step. This approach remains
valid for applications where the desired output voltages are
close to the feedback voltage.
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can boost the loop bandwidth to 117kHz,
are shown in Figure 9 and Figure 10
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will have less effect on the step
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) in the range
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