explorick
Advanced Member level 4
I wanted to analyse a input capacitor of an LDO on an existing deisgn and confused with the calculations. Please let me know if my calculations are wrong.
The specifications are as follows:
Input cap: 220uF, Max ripple current-0.6A
Input voltage: 12V Batt, Ripple voltage(sinusoidal with 0.5V rms,700 to 13KHz)
The ripple current calculations I did are:
I=V/Z
Z=1/2pi()fC ( Ignoring the impedance of ESR and ESL as they are less)
This equations give me the following values:
Iripple= 0.5*2*pi()*13e3*200e-6 = 8.98A
This value is too high compared to the max ripple rating of capacitor. I think that this output is worng as it is used in existing design.
The specifications are as follows:
Input cap: 220uF, Max ripple current-0.6A
Input voltage: 12V Batt, Ripple voltage(sinusoidal with 0.5V rms,700 to 13KHz)
The ripple current calculations I did are:
I=V/Z
Z=1/2pi()fC ( Ignoring the impedance of ESR and ESL as they are less)
This equations give me the following values:
Iripple= 0.5*2*pi()*13e3*200e-6 = 8.98A
This value is too high compared to the max ripple rating of capacitor. I think that this output is worng as it is used in existing design.