SNVSC75 Data sheet

SNVSC75B April 2023 – September 2025 LM5171-Q1

PRODUCTION DATA

8.1.1.4 Voltage Loop Compensation

The typical bi-directional application with HV voltage regulation and LV voltage regulation is shown in Figure 8-6. Connect the error voltage of the outer voltage loop error amplifiers (ERRHV and ERRLV) to ISETx as the reference for the inner current loop.

The outer voltage loop crossover frequency f_CV needs to be one decade below that of the inner current loop crossover frequency f_CI. And boost outer voltage loop crossover frequency also needs to be below 1/5 of the Right-Half-Plane Zero (RHPZ).

Figure 8-6 Outer Voltage Loop Control

Type-II compensator as shown in Figure 8-6 is recommended to stabilize the voltage loop for both buck and boost mode operations.

Buck mode compensation is analyzed as an example. The transfer function of the compensator of buck mode is found as:

Equation 64.

G_{c v} (s) = \frac{{\hat{v}}_{I S E T}}{{\hat{v}}_{L V}} \approx \frac{A_{V M} \times ω_{Z E A}}{s} \times \frac{1 + \frac{s}{ω_{Z E A}}}{1 + \frac{s}{ω_{H F}}} \times K_{I S E T}

where

Equation 65.

A_{V M} \approx \frac{R_{L C O M P}}{R_{L F B T}}

Equation 66.

ω_{Z E A} = \frac{1}{R_{L C O M P} \times C_{L C O M P}}

Equation 67.

ω_{H F} \approx \frac{1}{R_{L C O M P} \times C_{L H F}}

Equation 68.

K_{I S E T} = \frac{R_{I S E T B}}{R_{I S E T T} + R_{I S E T B}}

The total open-loop gain of the outer voltage loop of buck mode T_{v_BK}(s) is the product of G_{vs_BK}(s) and G_cv(s):

Equation 69.

T_{v_B K} (s) = G_{v s_B K} (s) \times G_{c v} (s)

Or:

Equation 70.

T_{v_B K} (s) = K_{d c_B K} \times \frac{1 + \frac{s}{ω_{Z_v l}}}{1 + \frac{s}{ω_{Z_i l}}} \times \frac{A_{V M} \times ω_{Z E A}}{s} \times \frac{1 + \frac{s}{ω_{Z E A}}}{1 + \frac{s}{ω_{H F}}} \times K_{I S E T}

To tailor the total outer voltage loop gain to crossover at f_CV, select the components of the compensation network according to the following guidelines, then fine tune the network for optimal loop performance.

Choose a value for R_LFBT based on the bias current and power dissipation,
The zero ω_ZEA is placed around 1/5 of target crossover frequency f_CV,
The pole ω_HF is placed at approximately 10 times of f_CV,
The total open-loop gain is set to unity at f_CV, namely,

Equation 71.

|T_{v_B K} (2 i \times π \times f_{C V})| = 1

Therefore, the compensation components are derived from the above equations as:

Equation 72.

\{\begin{matrix} R_{L C O M P} = \frac{R_{L F B T}}{K_{d c_B K} \times |\frac{1 + \frac{2 i \times π \times f_{C V}}{ω_{Z_v l}}}{1 + \frac{2 i \times π \times f_{C V}}{ω_{Z_i l}}}| \times K_{I S E T}} \\ C_{L C O M P} = \frac{1}{|2 i \times π \times \frac{f_{C V}}{5} \times R_{C O M P}|} \\ C_{L H F} = \frac{1}{|2 i \times π \times 10 \times f_{C V} \times R_{C O M P}|} \end{matrix}

The compensator of boost voltage loop is designed similarly. Please note that boost voltage loop crossover frequency also needs to be below 1/5 of the RHPZ.