ISL6415
Applications Information
LDO Regulator Capacitor Selection and Regulator
Stability
Capacitors are required at the ISL6415 LDO Regulators’
input and output for stable operation over the entire load
range and the full temperature range. Use >1µF capacitor at
the input of LDO Regulators, VIN_LDO pins. The input
capacitor lowers the source impedance of the input supply.
Larger capacitor values and lower ESR provides better
PSRR and line transient response. The input capacitor must
be located at a distance of not more then 0.5 inches from the
VIN pins of the IC and returned to a clean analog ground.
Any good quality ceramic capacitor can be used as an input
capacitor.
The output capacitor must meet the requirements of a
minimum amount of capacitance and ESR for both LDO’s.
The ISL6415 is specifically designed to work with small
ceramic output capacitors. The output capacitor’s ESR
affects stability and output noise. Use an output capacitor
with an ESR of 50m or less to insure stability and optimum
transient response. For stable operation, a ceramic
capacitor, with a minimum value of 3.3µF, is recommended
for VOUT1 for 300mA output current, and 3.3µF is
recommended for VOUT2 at 200mA load current. There is no
upper limit to the output capacitor value. Larger capacitor
can reduce noise and improve load transient response,
stability and PSRR. Higher value of output capacitor (10µF)
is recommended for LDO2 when used to power VCO
circuitry in wireless chipsets. The output capacitor should be
located very close to Vout pins to minimize impact of PC
board inductances and the other end of the capacitor should
be returned to a clean analog ground.
PWM Regulator Component Selection
INDUCTOR SELECTION
A 10µH minimum output inductor is used with the ISL6415
PWM section. Values larger then 15µH or less then 10µH
may cause stability problems because of the internal
compensation of the regulator. The important parameters of
the inductor that need to be considered are the current rating
of the inductor and the DC resistance of the inductor. The dc
resistance of the inductor will influence directly the efficiency
of the converter. Therefore, an inductor with lowest dc
resistance should be selected for highest efficiency.
In order to avoid saturation of the inductor, the inductor
should be rated at least for the maximum output current plus
the inductor ripple current.
TABLE 1. RECOMMENDED INDUCTORS
OUTPUT INDUCTOR
CURRENT VALUE
VENDOR PART #
COMMENTS
0mA to
600mA
10H
Coilcraft DO3316P-103
Coilcraft DT3316P-103
Sumida CDR63B-100
Sumida CDRH5D28-100
High
Efficiency
Coilcraft DO1608C-100 Smallest
Sumida CDRH4D28-100 Solution
0mA to
300mA
10H
Coilcraft DS1608C-103 High
Efficiency
Murata LQH4C100K04 Smallest
Solution
Output Capacitor Selection
For best performance, a low ESR output capacitor is
needed. If an output capacitor is selected with an ESR value
120m, its RMS ripple current rating will always meet the
application requirements. The RMS ripple current is
calculated as:
IRMSCO
=
VO
-1---L-–-----V---V----f--O---I--
-------1---------
2 3
The overall output ripple voltage is the sum of the voltage
spike caused by the output capacitor ESR plus the voltage
ripple caused by charge and discharging the output
capacitor:
VO
=
VO
1----L-–-----V---V----f--O---I--
-8---------C--1---O----------f
+
E
S
R
Where the highest output voltage ripple occurs at the highest
input voltage VI.
TABLE 2. RECOMMENDED CAPACITORS
CAPACITOR
VALUE ESR/m VENDOR PART #
10F
50 Taiyo Yuden
JMK316BJ106KL
COMMENTS
Ceramic
47F
68F
100 Sanyo 6TPA47M
POSCAP
100 Sprague
Tantalum
594D686X0010C2T
FN9145 Rev 0.00
Dec 27, 2004
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