SNVA856B May   2020  – October 2022 LM63615-Q1 , LM63625-Q1 , LM63635-Q1 , LMR33620 , LMR33620-Q1 , LMR33630 , LMR33630-Q1 , LMR33640 , LMR36006 , LMR36015 , TPS54360B , TPS54560B

 

  1.   Working With Inverting Buck-Boost Converters
  2.   Trademarks
  3. 1 Introduction
  4. 2 Inverting Buck-Boost Converter
  5. 3 Basic Operation
  6. 4 Operating Considerations of a Buck Based Inverting Buck-Boost
    1. 4.1 Voltage Stress
    2. 4.2 Current Stress
    3. 4.3 Power Loss and Efficiency
    4. 4.4 Small Signal Behavior
      1. 4.4.1 Measuring IBB Bode Plots
      2. 4.4.2 Testing Load Transients on an IBB
      3. 4.4.3 Simulation
  7. 5 Component Selection for the IBB
    1. 5.1 Inductor Selection
    2. 5.2 Capacitor Selection
    3. 5.3 External Feed-back Divider
  8. 6 General Considerations
  9. 7 Auxiliary Functions
    1. 7.1 Enable Input Level Shift
    2. 7.2 Synchronizing Input Level Shift
    3. 7.3 Power-Good Flag Level Shift
    4. 7.4 Output Clamp
    5. 7.5 Output Noise Filtering
  10. 8 Design Examples
    1. 8.1 Converting +12 V to –5 V at 3 A
    2. 8.2 Converting +5 V to –5 V at 1 A
  11. 9 Summary
  12. 10References
  13. 11Revision History

5 Component Selection for the IBB

The required external components for an IBB are the same as that for a buck, with the exception of an extra input capacitor as shown in Figure 5-1.

GUID-FA4D7842-A11E-4641-A283-D672BC92776D-low.gifFigure 5-1 IBB External Components