MP2115 – 2A, 6V SYNCHRONOUS STEP-DOWN CONVERTER
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TYPICAL PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS
C1=10µF, C2=470µFx3, C4=220µF, C5=220pF, L= 4.7µH, T
A
= +25°C, unless otherwise noted.
SWITCHING FREQUENCY (MHz)
INPUT CURRENT (A)
OUTPUT VOLTAGE (V)
V
IN
VOLTAGE(Y)
Load Regulation Loop Gain with Phase Margin
V
IN
= 5V, V
OUT
= 3.8V, I
OUT
= 0.5A
F
SW
vs. Resistor V
FB
vs. Temperature
V
IN
= 5V
I
LIMIT
Resistor vs.
Input Current
Transient Response
V
IN
= 5V, V
OUT
= 3.8V,
I
OUT
= 0.7A/4.66ms
F
SW
vs. Temperature
V
IN
= 5V
FREQUENCY (kHz)
EFFICIENCY (%)
LOAD CURRENT (A) LOAD CURRENT (A)
Efficiency vs.
Load Current
V
OUT
= 3.8V, Freq=1.5MHz
3.860
3.862
3.864
3.866
3.868
3.870
0.0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0. 4 0.5 0. 6
-50
-40
-30
-20
-10
0
10
20
30
40
50
0.1
1
10 100 1000
-180
-144
-108
-72
-36
0
36
72
108
144
180
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
0.2 0.28 0.36 0.44 0.52 0.6
0.4
0.8
1.2
1.6
2.0
50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400
V
OUT
0.1V/div.
I
OUT
1A/div.
V
OUT
0.1V/div.
I
OUT
0.5A/div.
0.50
0.53
0.56
0.59
0.62
0.65
-40 -20 0 20 40 60 80 100
1.30
1.31
1.32
1.33
1.34
1.35
-40 -20 0 20 40 60 80 100
SWITCHING FREQUENCY (MHz)
50
60
70
80
90
100
0.0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6
V
IN
=5.0V
V
IN
=5.5V