SBVS263B July 2017 – June 2025 TPS7A39
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The device is designed to be stable using low equivalent series resistance (ESR) ceramic capacitors at the input and output pins. The device is also designed to be stable with aluminum polymer and tantalum polymer capacitors with ESR < 75mΩ.
Electrolytic capacitors (along with higher ESR polymer capacitors) can also be used if capacitors (meeting the minimum capacitance and ESR requirements ) are used in parallel.
Take the effective ESR for stability when the impedance of the capacitor is at minimum. At the minimum level, the capacitance and parasitic inductance cancel each other and provides the DC ESR.
Ceramic capacitors that employ X7R-, X5R-, and COG-rated dielectric materials provide relatively good capacitive stability across temperature, whereas the use of Y5V-rated capacitors is discouraged because of large variations in capacitance.
Regardless of the ceramic capacitor type selected, ceramic capacitance varies with operating voltage and temperature. As a rule of thumb, derate ceramic capacitors by at least 50%. The input and output capacitors recommended herein account for an effective capacitance derating of approximately 50%, but at higher VIN and VOUT conditions (that is, VIN = 5.5V to VOUT = 5.0V) the derating can be greater than 50% and must be taken into consideration.
For high performance applications polymer capacitors are ideal as they do not experience the large deratings of ceramic capacitors.