ZHCSMB6E March 2010 – October 2020 TPS62065 , TPS62067
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The first step of circuit and stability evaluation is to look from a steady-state perspective at the following signal
These are the basic signals that must be measured when evaluating a switching converter. When the switching waveform shows large duty cycle jitter or the output voltage or inductor current shows oscillations, the regulation loop may be unstable. This is often a result of board layout and/or wrong L-C output filter combinations. As a next step in the evaluation of the regulation loop, the load transient response is tested. The time between the application of the load transient and the turnon of the P-channel MOSFET, the output capacitor must supply all of the current required by the load. VOUT immediately shifts by an amount equal to ΔI(LOAD) x ESR, where ESR is the effective series resistance of COUT. ΔI(LOAD) begins to charge or discharge COUT generating a feedback error signal used by the regulator to return VOUT to its steady-state value. The results are most easily interpreted when the device operates in PWM mode at medium to high load currents.
During this recovery time, VOUT can be monitored for settling time, overshoot, or ringing; that helps evaluate stability of the converter. Without any ringing, the loop has usually more than 45° of phase margin.