錚?/div>
where I
VALLEY(MAX)
is the maximum valley current
allowed by the current-limit circuit, including threshold
tolerance and on-resistance variation. The MOSFETs
must have a good-sized heatsink to handle the over-
load power dissipation.
Choose a Schottky diode (D1) with a forward voltage
low enough to prevent the low-side MOSFET body
diode from turning on during the dead time. As a gen-
eral rule, select a diode with a DC current rating equal
to 1/(3
畏
) of the load current. This diode is optional and
can be removed if efficiency is not critical.
Current Balance Compensation (COMP)
The current balance compensation capacitor (C
COMP
)
integrates the difference of the master and slave cur-
rent-sense signals, while the compensation resistor
improves transient response by increasing the phase
margin. This allows the user to optimize the dynamics
of the current balance loop. Excessively large capacitor
values increase the integration time constant, resulting
in larger current differences between the phases during
transients. Excessively small capacitor values allow the
current loop to respond cycle by cycle but can result in
small DC current variations between the phases.
Likewise, excessively large series resistance can also
cause DC current variations between the phases. Small
series resistance reduces the phase margin, resulting
in marginal stability in the current balance loop. For
most applications, a 470pF capacitor and 10k鈩?series
resistor from COMP to the converter鈥檚 output voltage
works well.
The compensation network can be tied to V
OUT
to
include the feed-forward term due to the master鈥檚 on
time (see the
On-time Control and Active Current
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