ZHCS529I January 2007 – April 2025 LM25574
PRODUCTION DATA
There is a forced off-time of 500 ns implemented each cycle to specify sufficient time for the diode current to be sampled. This forced off-time limits the maximum duty cycle of the buck switch. The maximum duty cycle varies with the operating frequency.
Where Fs is the oscillator frequency. Limiting the maximum duty cycle raises the input dropout voltage. The input dropout voltage is the lowest input voltage required to maintain regulation of the output voltage. An approximation of the input dropout voltage is:

Where VD is the voltage drop across the re-circulatory diode. Operating at high switching frequency raises the minimum input voltage necessary to maintain regulation.