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Where
Where Z
C
(s) and Z
L
(s) are the output capacitor and inductor impedance respectively.
The expression of Z
I
(s) may be simplified as follow:
Where:
τ
1
= R4×C20,
τ
2
= (R4+R3)×C20 and
τ
d
= Rd×C25.
The regulator transfer function became now:
Figure 8 shows a method to select the regulator components (please note that the frequencies f
EC
and f
CC
cor-
responds to the singularities introduced by additional ceramic capacitors in parallel to the output main electro-
lytic capacitor).
To obtain a flat frequency response of the output impedance, the droop time constant
τ
d
has to be equal
to the inductor time constant (see the note at the end of the section):
To obtain a constant -20dB/dec Gloop(s) shape the singularity f
1
and f
2
are placed in proximity of f
CE
and f
LC
respectively. This implies that:
To obtain a Gloop bandwidth of f
C
, results:
Note.
To understand the reason of the previous assumption, the scheme in figure 9 must be considered.
In this scheme, the inductor current has been substituted by the load current, because in the frequencies range
of interest for the Droop function these current are substantially the same and it was supposed that the droop
network don't represent a charge for the inductor.
Gloop s
()
Av s
()
Rs
()
Av s
()
Zf s
()
Zi s
()
--------------
==
Av s
()
Vin
V
osc
----------------
Z
C
s
()
Z
C
s
()
Z
L
s
()+
-------------------------------------
=
Z
I
s
()
Rd
1
s
---
C25
⋅⋅
Rd
1
s
---+
C25
----------------------------------
R4
1
s
---
C20
+


R3
R4
1
s
---
C20
+


R3
+
------------------------------------------------------+
Rd 1 s
τ
1
τ
d
+()
s
2
R3
R
d
--------
τ
1
τ
d
⋅⋅++


1s
τ
2
+()
1s
τ
d
+()
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
=
==
Rd
1s
R3
R
d
-------- τ
d
+


1s
τ
1
+()
1s
τ
2
+()
1s
τ
d
+()
---------------------------------------------------------------------
=
Rs
()
1s
τ
2
+()
1s
τ
d
+()
sC18R
d
1s
R3
R
d
--------
τ
d
+


1s
τ
1
+()⋅⋅
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
τ
d
R
d
C25
L
R
L
------- τ
L
C25
L
R
L
R
d
()
-----------------------=== =
f
2
f
1
----
f
LC
f
CE
---------
R4
R3
f
LC
f
CE
---------
1



==
f1 f
CE
C20
1
2
--- π
R4 f
CE
⋅⋅==
G
0
f
LC
1f
C
G
0
A
0
R
0
VIN
Vosc
------------------
C20 // C25
C18
-----------------------------
f
C
f
LC
--------
C18
VIN
Vosc
------------------
C20 C25
C20 C25
+
-----------------------------
f
LC
f
C
--------
⋅⋅
=== ==
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Figure 9. Voltage regulation with droop function block scheme
It results:
Because in the interested range |Gloop|>>1.
To obtain a flat shape, the relationship considered will naturally follow.
Demo Board Description
The L6911C demo board shows the operation of the device in a standard VRM 8.4 application. This evaluation
board allows voltage adjustability (1.3V - 3.5V) through the switches S1-S5 and high output current capability
(up to 14A). The device is supplied by the 12V input rail while the power conversion starts from the 5V input rail.
The device is also able to operate with a 5V supply voltage; in this case 12V input can be directly connected to
the 5V power source. The four layers demo board's copper thickness is of 70
µ
m in order to minimize conduction
losses considering the high current that the circuit is able to deliver. Figure 10 shows the demo board's sche-
matic circuit.
Figure 10. Demo Board Schematic
Av(s)
R(s)
VoutVcomp
Iout
d
s
L
s
OUT
R
τ
τ
+
+
1
1
Z
OUT
V
o
I
LOAD
----------------
R
d
1s
τ
L
+
1s
τ
d
+
------------------
G
LOOP
1G
LOOP
+
-----------------------------
⋅⋅
R
OUT
1s
τ
L
+
1s
τ
d
+
------------------
== =
L6911-L6912 EVALUATION KIT REV.
L2
L1
R7
R8
R9
C1-5
C21-22
C23
C6-15
C25
Q4-5
Q1-2
D2
C17
F1
16
17
13
14
2
4
5
6
7
8
U1
L6911C
+5 VIN
+12Vcc
VOUTCOR
E
PWRGD
10
15
9
3
20
18
11
19
12
1
VCC
GND
VID0
VID1
VID2
VID3
VID4
SS
OSC
OCSET
UGATE
PHASE
LGATE
PGN D
PGOOD
VSEN
BOOT
OVP
VFB
COMP
R3
R4
R5
R2
C18
C19
C20
R1
C16
S1
S2
S3
S4
S5
C24
Q8
D1
GNDIN
GNDCORE
GND12
R12
R13
R14
G1
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Efficiency
Figure 11 shows the measured efficiency versus load current for different values of output voltage. The measure
was done at Vin=5V for different values of the output voltage (2.05V and 2.75V). Two different measurements
were done using IC supply voltage of 5V and 12V.
In the application two mosfets STS12NF30L (30V, 10m
typ @ Vgs=4.5V) connected in parallel are used for
both the low and the high side.
The board has been layed out with the possibility to use up to three SO8 mosfets for both high and low side
switch. Two D
2
PACK mosfets (one for each high and low side) may also be used in order to allow the maximum
flexibility in meeting different requirements.
Figure 11. Efficiency vs. load
Vcc = 12V; Vin = 5V Vcc = Vin = 5V
55
60
65
70
75
80
85
90
95
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16
Output Current [A]
Vout = 1.7V
Vout = 2.0V
Vout = 2.5V
55
60
65
70
75
80
85
90
95
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16
Output Current [A]
Vout = 1.7V
Vout = 2.0V
Vout = 2.5V
Efficiency [%]
Efficiency [%]
Load Transient Response
Figure 12 shows the demo board response to a load
transient application. The load transient applied
changes from 0A to 14A on the output current (Chan-
nel 4). It may be observed that output voltage (Chan-
nel 1) remains within the 100mV tolerance across the
regulated voltage. Figure 13 shows details about the
the circuit response during current rising and falling
edge; it is possible to observe that the duty cycle of
the Phase signal (Channel 2) goes up to 100% or
down to 0% if necessary.
Figure 12. Load Transient Response
Figure 13. Load Transient Response Details
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L6911CTR

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STMicroelectronics
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