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Figure 14. Current Sharing Control Loop.

Where

For Rsense=4m

Ω and Imax=40A the current sharing error is equal to 2.5%, neglecting errors due to Rg

and Rsense mismatches.

Average Current Mode (ACM) Control Loop

The average current mode control loop is reported in figure 15. The current information IFB sourced by

the FB pin flows into RFB implementing the dependence of the output voltage from the read current.

The ACM control loop gain results (obtained opening the loop after the COMP pin)

Where:

■

is the equivalent output resistance determined by the droop function;

load Ro;

■

is the ACM PWM transfer function where Vosc is the oscillator ramp amplitude and

has a typical value of 3V

Removing the dependence from the Error Amplifier gain, so assuming this gain high enough, the control

loop gain results:

With further simplifications, it results:

L1

L2

+

+

PWM1

1/5

1/5

PWM2

COMP

CURRENT

SHARING

DUTY CYCLE

CORRECTION

D02IN1393

G

()

PWM Z

() R

DROOP

Z

()

+

()

⋅

⋅

Z

() Z

()

+

()

Z

()

As

()

---------------

1

1

As

()

------------

+





R

FB

⋅

+

⋅

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

–

=

R

DROOP

Rsense

Rg

---------------------- R

FB

⋅

=

PWM

4

5

---

V

IN

∆V

OSC

-------------------

⋅

=

G

()

4

5

---

V

IN

∆V

OSC

-------------------

Z

()

Z

() Z

()

+

------------------------------------

Rs

Rg

--------

Z

()

R

FB

---------------

+





⋅⋅

⋅

–

=

G

()

4

5

---

V

IN

∆V

OSC

-------------------

Z

()

R

FB

---------------

Ro

R

DROOP

+

Ro

R

L

2

-------

+

-------------------------------------

1s Co

R

ESR

+

()

⋅

⋅

+

s

2

Co

L

2

---

s

L

2Ro

⋅

---------------

Co E SR

Co

R

L

2

-------

⋅

+

⋅

+

1

+

⋅

+

⋅

⋅

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

⋅⋅

⋅

–

=