SLUSFF2C September 2023 – December 2025 UCG28824 , UCG28826 , UCG28828
PRODUCTION DATA
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The bulk capacitor includes one or more high voltage electrolytic capacitors in parallel at the output of the bridge rectifier. Capacitors are required for storing energy for the duration when instantaneous line input voltage reduces below the peak value while delivering rated output power. Input EMI filter design is outside the scope of this data sheet and not discussed.
Maintain a certain minimum input bulk capacitor voltage (VBULKmin) to prevent from triggering brown-out and providing sufficient power delivery capability. VBULKmin is assumed as 75V for this design. The minimum required input bulk capacitance (CIN) is estimated using Equation 5. The value depends on the rated input power, VBULKmin, min. AC line input voltage and the time duration for which this capacitor must support the output load, without reducing below VBULKmin.
Using above equation, min CIN value comes to 100μF for POUT of 65W, 93% efficiency at VACmin of 85VAC. Multiple capacitors can be used in parallel to realize this value to reduce total ESR and size of these capacitors.