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Components Selection (continued)
Current Sensing Resistor Selection
The switch current is sensed via the current sensing resis-
tor, RCS. The sensed voltage at this pin is used to set the
peak switch current limit and also used for steady state
regulation of the inductor current. The current limit com-
parator has a trip voltage of 0.4V (typical). RCS value is
chosen to set the peak inductor and switch current using
the following equation.
I2
SW(Peak)
=
0.4/RCS
The power dissipation in RSNS can be calculated using the
following equations.
PR_CS
=
I2
RMS
x
RCS
IRMS = D x [IO/(1-D)]2
IO = Output DC Current, D = Duty Cycle
For the typical application circuit shown in the detailed
application circuit (page 23, Figure 2), the power dissipa-
tion on the sensing resistor is shown by the following
equations.
Assuming VIN = 6V and VOUT = 31.5V, thus D = 81%,
PR_CS = 0.81 X (0.48/0.19)2 X 0.08 = 0.414(W)
For this example, a 0.08 Ω 1% thick-film chip resistor rated
at 1W can be used.
PLL Filter Component Selection
The detailed application circuit on page 23, Figure 2 shows
the optimal R/C filter components for the PLL compensa-
tion. These are optimized for internal 1MHz switching fre-
quency. Please contact Semtech Power management
Application Group if a different switching frequency is
selected.
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