
FAN5019
PRODUCT SPECIFICATION
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REV. 1.0.7 1/5/04
10. Measure the output ripple at no-load and full-load with
scope and make sure it is within spec.
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AC Loadline Setting
11. Remove DC load from circuit and hook up dynamic
load.
12. Hook up scope to output voltage and set to DC coupling
with a time scale at 100μs/div.
13. Set dynamic load for a transient step of about 40A at
1kHz with 50% duty cycle.
14. Measure output waveform (may have to use DC offset
on scope to see waveform). Try to use vertical scale of
100 mV/div or finer.
15. You will see a waveform that looks something like
Figure 8. Use the horizontal cursors to measure V
ACDRP
and V
DCDRP
as shown.
DO NOT MEASURE THE UNDERSHOOT OR OVER-
SHOOT THAT HAPPENS IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE
STEP.
Figure 8. AC Loadline Waveform
16. If the V
ACDRP
and V
DCDRP
are different by more than a
couple of millivolts, use Equation 38 to adjust C
CS
. You
may need to parallel different values to get the right one
since there are limited standard capacitor values avail-
able (it is a good idea to have locations for two capaci-
tors in the layout for this).
17. Repeat Steps 11 to 13 and repeat adjustments if
necessary. Once complete, do not change C
CS
for the
rest of the procedure.
18. Set dynamic load step to maximum step size (do not use
a step size larger than needed) and verify that the output
waveform is square (which means VACDRP and
VDCDRP are equal).
NOTE:
MAKE SURE LOAD
STEP SLEW RATE AND TURN-ON ARE SET FOR A
SLEW RATE OF ~150–250A/μs (for example, a load
step of 50A should take 200ns–300ns) WITH NO
OVERSHOOT. Some dynamic loads will have an
excessive turn-on overshoot if a minimum current is not
set properly (this is an issue if using a VTT tool).
Initial Transient Setting
19. With dynamic load still set at maximum step size,
expand scope time scale to see 2μs/div to 5μs/div. You
will see a waveform that may have two overshoots and
one minor undershoot (see Figure 9). Here, V
DROOP
is
the final desired value.
Figure 9. Transient Setting Waveform
20. If both overshoots are larger than desired, try making the
following adjustments in this order. (
NOTE
: If these
adjustments do not change the response, you are limited
by the output decoupling.) Check the output response
each time you make a change as well as the switching
nodes (to make sure it is still stable).
a. Make ramp resistor larger by 25% (R
RAMP
).
b. For V
TRAN1
, increase CB or increase switching fre-
quency.
c. For V
TRAN2
, increase R
A
and decrease C
A
by 25%.
21. For load release (see Figure 10), if V
TRANREL
is larger
than V
TRAN1
(see Figure 9), you do not have enough
output capacitance. You will either need more capaci-
tance or to make the inductor values smaller (if you
change inductors, you need to start the design over using
the spreadsheet and this tuning procedure).
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