SLVSHK6A March 2025 – March 2026 TPS61381-Q1
PRODUCTION DATA
Main consideration for designing the output capacitor is the requirements for the output voltage drop when main battery fails and the device transition into boost mode. The minimum Cout can be calculated by:
Where
• COUT is the output capacitance
• IOUTMAX is the maximum output current
• ΔVOUTMAX is the maximum output voltage drop allowed when transition into boost mode
20us is the maximum transition time for the device to enter boost mode and start switching
The output ripple voltage another factor that affects the Cout selection. Assuming a capacitor with zero ESR, the minimum capacitance needed for a given ripple can be calculated by
Where
• IOUT is the output current
• VOUT is the output DC voltage
• VBUB is the backup battery voltage
• ΔV is the output voltage ripple required
• fswis the switching frequency
Typically, a combination of ceramic capacitors and bulk electrolytic capacitors is needed to provide low ESR, high ripple current, and small output voltage ripple.
Ceramic capacitors has DC-bias derating that significantly reduce the effective capacitance when a DC-voltage is applied. So please check the DC-bias curve at Boost Vout target voltage when calculating the capacitance.
Electrolytic capacitors has large ESR and the ESR of electrolytic capacitor can increase by over 10 times under low temperature condition and seriously affect loop stability. So please make sure low temperature ESR is considered when calculating loop stability. Poly-hybrid capacitors usually has smaller ESR under low temperature and is therefore more recommended.
Based on the application requirement, this application choose 100uF electrolytic capacitor with four 10uF ceramic capacitors in parallel.