- Use Equation 28 to calculate the required buck inductance based on a 40% inductor ripple
current at nominal input voltages.
Equation 28.
- Select a standard inductor value of 22µH. Use
Equation 29 to calculate the peak inductor currents at maximum steady-state input
voltage. Subharmonic oscillation occurs with a duty cycle greater than 50% for peak
current-mode control. For design simplification, the device has an internal slope
compensation ramp proportional to the switching frequency that is added to the current
sense signal to damp any tendency toward subharmonic oscillation.
Equation 29.
- Based on Equation 6, use Equation 30 to cross-check the inductance to set a slope compensation close to the
ideal one times the inductor current downslope.
Equation 30.