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Application Information (Continued)
Catch Diode
When the switch element is in OFF cycle, power stored in the inductor flows via the catch diode to the output
capacitor. Therefore during each cycle current flows to the diode in response to load current. Because diode's
forward saturation voltage and current accumulation cause power loss, a Schottky Barrier Diode (SBD), which has a
low forward saturation voltage, is ideal.
An SBD also has a short reverse recovery time. If the reverse recovery time is long, through current flows when
the switching transistor transitions from OFF cycle to ON cycle. This current may lower efficiency and affect such
factors as noise generation.
When the switch element is in ON cycle, a reverse voltage flows to SBD. Therefore you should select a SBD that
has reverse voltage rating greater than maximum output voltage. The power loss, which stored in output capacitor,
will be increase due to increasing reverse current through SBD at high temperature. Therefore, there is cases
preferring reverse current characteristics to forward current characteristic in order to improve efficiency.
Input Capacitor
Transient current flows into the input section of a switching regulator responsive to frequency. If the power supply
impedance provided to the power supply circuit is large, it will not be possible to take advantage of the NJW4132
performance due to input voltage fluctuation. Therefore insert an input capacitor as close to the MOSFET as
possible.
Output Capacitor
An output capacitor stores power from the inductor, and stabilizes voltage provided to the output.
Because NJW4132 corresponds to the output capacitor of low ESR, the ceramic capacitor is the optimal for
compensation.
The Optimized capacitor value: (It is a reference value.)
VOUT =12V : COUT > = 22 F
In addition, you should consider varied characteristics of capacitor (a frequency characteristic, a temperature
characteristic, a DC bias characteristic and so on) and unevenness peculiar to a capacitor supplier enough.
Therefore when selecting a capacitors, you should confirm the characteristics with supplier datasheets.
When selecting an output capacitor, you must consider Equivalent Series Resistance (ESR) characteristics, ripple
current, and breakdown voltage.
The output ripple noise can be expressed by the following formula.
]V[IESRV L)pp(ripple
The effective ripple current that flows in a capacitor (Irms) is obtained by the following equation.
]Arms[III OUTPKrms
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Technical Information
NJW4132 Application Manual