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Help in a in TPS799 usage

Other Parts Discussed in Thread: TPS799, TPS799XXEVM-105

Hi all,

I want to ask some help to correctly design a power supply circuitry with TPS799 voltage regulators.

I've this reference circuitry:

And nothing more explainations. I want to use same specifics of filters but using a TPS799. Also i want to add another TPS799 and add decoupling capacitors.

Environment where i'll use this circuit is near a 2.4ghz wifi trasmitter and some low frequencies ~75Khz noise.

Now, first of all i have some questions about TPS799:

- I see in datasheet to use 0.1uF to 1uF as input capacitor, which should i use? And what differences i may have?

- I see in datasheet to use 2.2uF or larger as output capacitor, which should i use? And what differences i may have?

This is a circuit i've designed after some advice is:

An advices i've recived is not to use FB becouse it's a poor pratice, so i've replaced it with LC filter.
I've used lowest cap size specified in datasheet. Added some random decoupling capacitors and put all togheder.

I want to ask:

- Is my circuit designed using usefull value and right component position?

- Can you check my decoupling capacitors and positions?

- Looking for original schematic image(top of the post), is this an equal design?

Some questions about electronics:

- I've placed LC filter in the output:

- Is this the same as use LC filter in input?
- Should i use the same filter in input and output?(it have a sense to filter two times the same frequency?)

- What use have FB? It may be usefull to filter wifi frequencies?

- How i can optimize values for have a good BOM(not lower, but same cap sizes for example) and have the same circuit design?

- Can i replace C7(electrolityc) cap with a ceramic?

- Should i filter with a LC filter the digital power supply?

- Is correctly wired I2C connection(i will use 4.7Kohm resistor istead of 1Kohm)?

- Should i filter in someway VCC?

- What SMD dimensions are good for this application considering that max. current is 200mA.


Thank you for any help.

  • Hi ,

    Larger input and output capacitors can help improve transient response, noise rejection, and ripple rejection.  We show characteristic curves using a couple of different output capacitors to help give an idea of the trade off.  Ultimately you will need to decide which capacitor value performs the best for your application.  It may be a good idea to build a prototype and experiment with a couple of values.

    As far as the LDO is concerned your above schematic satisfies the LDO requirements.  You will need to determine if it will work for your application (prototyping will help here).

    For layout, you can use the EVM as an example layout for TPS799 (http://www.ti.com/tool/TPS799XXEVM-105?keyMatch=tps799&tisearch=Search-EN).

    Very Respectfully,

    Ryan