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This design note provides details on a buck converter that converts an input of 3 V to 5 V down to a 2.5-V output level utilizing either the TPS40000 or TPS40001 controller. A schematic for the board is shown in Figure 1. The list of material is provided in section 7 of this User’s Guide.
SLUU131A – September 2002 – Revised February 2003 Schematic Figure 1. Application Diagram for the TPS40002/3 TPS40001 Based Converter Delivers 10-A Output...
Current Mode (DCM) operation or Continuous Current Mode (CCM) operation at lighter loads. In this reference design the TPS40001 is selected to maintain continuous mode operation down to zero load. If desired, the TPS40000 can be installed to turn the synchronous MOSFET off when the controller senses the inductor current reaching zero, indicating the circuit is entering the DCM of operation.
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SW pin 8 to be driven below ground several volts, possibly injecting substrate current which can cause improper operation of the device. A 3.3-Ω resistor has been placed in series with this pin to limit its excursion to safe levels. TPS40001 Based Converter Delivers 10-A Output...
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The first pole is placed near the ESR zero frequency in equation (11), (11) and the second pole is placed at one-half the switching frequency at 150 kHz to allow a high-speed transient response, shown in equation (12). (12) TPS40001 Based Converter Delivers 10-A Output...
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10 nF. R3 is empirically determined to be 2.2 Ω, which minimizes the ringing and overshoot at the switch node. With the relatively low input voltage of 5 V, the power loss, ½ CV f, is relatively small at 37 mW. TPS40001 Based Converter Delivers 10-A Output...
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Instrument Literature Number SLMA002) should be consulted for more information on the PowerPADt package. This report offers in-depth information on the package, assembly and rework techniques, and illustrative examples of the thermal performance of the PowerPADt package. TPS40001 Based Converter Delivers 10-A Output...
SLUP183A SCOPE VOUT Output wires 16 DVM2 gauge or larger, as short as feasible I OUT (–) LOAD (+) (–) Load adjustable from 0–10Amps Figure 4. Test Setup TPS40001 Based Converter Delivers 10-A Output...
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= 5 V and I =10 A. As the picture indicates, there is almost negligible body diode conduction using the Predictive Gate Drivet technique. TYPICAL SWITCH NODE WAVEFORM 2 V/div t – Time – 500 ns/div Figure 6. TPS40001 Based Converter Delivers 10-A Output...
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– Time – 1 µs/div Figure 7. Figure 8 shows the transient response with a 50% load step from 2.5 A to 7.5 A. TRANSIENT RESPONSE 50 mV/div t – Time – 20 µs/div Figure 8. TPS40001 Based Converter Delivers 10-A Output...
SLUU131A – September 2002 – Revised February 2003 PCB Layout The PCB top assembly and copper layers are shown in Figures 9 through 11. Figure 9 Figure 10 Figure 11 TPS40001 Based Converter Delivers 10-A Output...
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