ADP1610
For very low ESR capacitors, such as ceramic capacitors, the ripple
current due to the capacitance is calculated using the following
equation. Because the capacitor discharges during the on-time
(tON), the charge removed from the capacitor (QC) is the load
current multiplied by the on-time. The output voltage ripple
(ΔVOUT) is
ΔVOUT
= QC
COUT
=
I L × tON
COUT
(8)
where:
COUT is the output capacitance.
IL is the average inductor current.
t ON
=
D
FSW
(9)
and
D = VOUT − VIN
VOUT
(10)
Choose the output capacitor based on the following equation:
COUT
≥
IL
FSW
× (VOUT − VIN )
× VOUT × ΔVOUT
(11)
The following are recommended capacitor manufacturers:
• AVX
• Kyocera
• Murata
• Sanyo
• Taiyo–Yuden
• TDK
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