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10 Power Supply Recommendations

The LM5146 buck controller is designed to operate from a wide input voltage range from 5.5 V to 100 V. The

characteristics of the input supply must be compatible with the Absolute Maximum Ratings and Recommended

Operation Conditions. In addition, the input supply must be capable of delivering the required input current to the

fully-loaded regulator. Estimate the average input current with Equation 23.

OUT

(23)

where

• η is the efficiency

If the converter is connected to an input supply through long wires or PCB traces with a large impedance,

take special care to achieve stable performance. The parasitic inductance and resistance of the input cables

may have an adverse affect on converter operation. The parasitic inductance in combination with the low-ESR

ceramic input capacitors form an underdamped resonant circuit. This circuit can cause overvoltage transients

at VIN each time the input supply is cycled ON and OFF. The parasitic resistance causes the input voltage to

dip during a load transient. If the regulator is operating close to the minimum input voltage, this dip can cause

false UVLO fault triggering and a system reset. The best way to solve such issues is to reduce the distance from

the input supply to the regulator and use an aluminum or tantalum input capacitor in parallel with the ceramics.

The moderate ESR of the electrolytic capacitors helps to damp the input resonant circuit and reduce any voltage

overshoots. A capacitance in the range of 10 µF to 47 µF is usually sufficient to provide input damping and helps

to hold the input voltage steady during large load transients.

An EMI input filter is often used in front of the regulator that, unless carefully designed, can lead to instability

as well as some of the effects mentioned above. The application report Simple Success with Conducted EMI

for DC-DC Converters (SNVA489) provides helpful suggestions when designing an input filter for any switching

regulator.

LM5146

SNVSBV0A – JUNE 2021 – REVISED JUNE 2021

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