SNVSCF2 November 2025 LM65680
PRODUCTION DATA
Switching regulators exhibit a negative input impedance, which is lowest at the minimum input voltage and maximum load. An underdamped LC filter exhibits a high output impedance at the resonant frequency of the filter. For stability, the output impedance of the EMI filter must be less than the absolute value of the converter input impedance.
Based on the EMI filter in Figure 8-1, the design steps are as follows:
By calculating the first harmonic current from the Fourier series of the input current waveform and multiplying the result by the input impedance (the impedance is defined by the existing input capacitor CIN), Equation 15 provides the required filter attenuation at the switching frequency.
where
In terms of EMI filter design, model the current at the input as a square-wave. Use Equation 16 to determine the EMI filter capacitance CF.
Adding an input filter to a switching regulator modifies the control-to-output transfer function. The output impedance of the filter must be sufficiently low such that the input filter does not significantly affect the regulator loop gain. The impedance peaks at the filter resonant frequency. Equation 17 calculates the resonant frequency of the filter.
The purpose of RD is to reduce the peak output impedance of the filter at the resonant frequency. Capacitor CD blocks the DC component of the input voltage to avoid excessive power dissipation in RD. Capacitor CD must have lower impedance than RD at the resonant frequency with a capacitance value greater than that of the input capacitor CIN. This prevents CIN from interfering with the cutoff frequency of the main filter. Add damping when the output impedance of the filter is high at the resonant frequency (Q of the filter formed by LIN and CIN is too high). Use an electrolytic capacitor CD for damping with a value given by Equation 18.
Use Equation 19 to select the damping resistor RD.