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LM2842x - output capacitor

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 Dear sir/ madam, We are using LM2842X in one our design. It works well but in order to slow power ramp down rate during power OFF, we need to increase the output capacitor from 22uF to 122uF. Adding more 100uF  will be OK for LM2842X or it can arise some issues? Pl advice. As such we need to slow power ramp down rate to have 300 us as minimum time to fall from   2.97V  to 2.7V. This is the requirement placed by Maxim serial I2C based RTC  to   get  in battery backup mode. Awaiting your help.

I measured the ramp-up times of 3.3VDC with normal load and full

> load

>>>> conditions. Ramp-up time with normal load (50mA) is 450us and with full

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>>>> load (0.5A) is 650us.

>>>>

>>>> 1. For normal load case, dV/dt comes to be 7.33mV/us and hence

>>>> I=7.33*122=0.894A.

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>>>> 2. For full load case, dV/dt comes to be 5.07mV/us and hence

>>>> I=5.07*122=0.619A.

>>>>

>>>> Pl note that I have not added any RC circuit in SHDN pin and values are

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>>>> below 1.15A (max current as per datasheet). From our above exercise do

>>>> you suggest addition of RC circuit or you think circuit can work well

>>>> reliably? Pl advice.

>>>>

>>>> Awaiting your reply since we need to finalize our design.

  • The LM2842 is probably stable with the larger cap value. However it depends on your operating conditions, inductor value,  as well as the type of output capacitor.

    I suggest using the webench tool which will give you a suggested BOM for your specific conditions. In the BOM window you can select your inductor value and see the range of output capacitor value that will work.

    Regards,

    Allan