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MPQ8632 HIGH EFFICIENCY 18V SYNCHRONOUS STEP-DOWN CONVERTER FAMILY FOR 4A TO 20A

MPQ8632 Rev.1.26

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6/7/2017

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As the output current increases from the light

load condition, the current modulator regulates

the operating period that becomes shorter. The

HS-FET turns ON more frequently. Hence, the

switching frequency increases correspondingly.

The output current reaches the critical level when

the current modulator time decreases to zero.

Determine the critical output current level as

follows:

OUT

)

(







(2)

Where FSW is the switching frequency.

The IC turns into PWM mode once the output

current exceeds the critical level. After that, the

switching frequency stays fairly constant over the

output current range.

Switching Frequency

Selecting the switching frequency requires

trading off between efficiency and component

size.

Low

frequency

operation

increases

efficiency by reducing MOSFET switching losses,

but requires larger inductor and capacitor values

to minimize the output voltage ripple.

For MPQ8632，set the on time using the FREQ

pin to set the frequency for steady state

operation at CCM.

The MPQ8632 uses adaptive constant-on-time

(COT) control, though the IC lacks a dedicated

oscillator. Connect the FREQ pin to the IN pin

through the resistor (RFREQ) so that the input

voltage is feed-forwarded to the one-shot on-time

timer. When operating in steady state at CCM,

the duty ratio stays at VOUT/VIN, so the switching

frequency is fairly constant over the input voltage

range. Set the switching frequency as follows:

FREQ

DELAY

OUT

F(kHz)

6.1 R

(k )

V(V)

T(ns)

V(V) 0.4

(V)









(3)

Where TDELAY is the comparator delay of about

5ns.

Typically, the MPQ8632 is set to 200kHz to

1MHz applications. It is optimized to operate at

high switching frequencies at high efficiency, high

switching frequencies allow for physically smaller

LC filter components to reduce the PCB footprint.

Jitter and FB Ramp Slope

Figure 4 and Figure 5 show jitter occurring in

both PWM mode and skip mode. When there is

noise on the VFB descending slope, the HS-FET

ON time deviates from its intended point and

produces jitter and influences system stability.

The VFB ripple’s slope steepness dominates the

noise immunity though its magnitude has no

direct effect.

Figure 4—Jitter in PWM Mode

Figure 5—Jitter in Skip Mode

Ramp with a Large ESR Capacitor

Using POSCAPs or other large-ESR capacitors

as the output capacitor results in the ESR ripple

dominating the output ripple. The ESR also

significantly influences the VFB slope. Figure 6

shows the simplified equivalent circuit in PWM

mode with the HS-FET off and without an

external ramp circuit.

ESR

POSCAP

VOUT

Figure 6—Simplified Circuit in PWM Mode

without External Ramp Compensation

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