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R7986A

Application information

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Application information

Figure 8. Application circuit

6.1

Input capacitor selection

The capacitor connected to the input must be capable of supporting the maximum input

operating voltage and the maximum RMS input current required by the device. The input

capacitor is subject to a pulsed current, the RMS value of which is dissipated over its ESR,

affecting the overall system efficiency.

So the input capacitor must have an RMS current rating higher than the maximum RMS

input current and an ESR value compliant with the expected efficiency.

The maximum RMS input current flowing through the capacitor can be calculated as:

Equation 6

Considering

, this function has a maximum at D = 0.5 and is equal to Io/2.

In a specific application the range of possible duty cycles must be considered in order to find

out the maximum RMS input current. The maximum and minimum duty cycles can be

calculated as:

Equation 7

D

2D

2





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

–

D

2



2

-------

+



=

+

–

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

=