
AOZ1017
Rev. 1.0 July 2007
www.aosmd.com
Page 11 of 16
concern. When designing the compensation loop,
converter stability under all line and load condition must
be considered.
Usually, it is recommended to set the bandwidth to be
less than 1/10 of the switching frequency. The AOZ1017
operates at a fixed switching frequency range from
400kHz to 600kHz. It is recommended to choose a
crossover frequency less than 50kHz.
The strategy for choosing R
C
and C
C
is to set the cross
over frequency with R
C
and set the compensator zero
with C
C
. Using selected crossover frequency, f
C
, to
calculate R
C
:
where;
f
C
is desired crossover frequency,
V
FB
is 0.8V,
G
EA
is the error amplifier transconductance, which is 200x10
-6
A/V, and
G
CS
is the current sense circuit transconductance, which is
6.68 A/V.
The compensation capacitor C
C
and resistor R
C
together
make a zero. This zero is put somewhere close to the
dominate pole f
p1
but lower than 1/5 of selected cross-
over frequency. C
C
can is selected by:
The equation above can also be simplified to:
An easy-to-use application software which helps to
design and simulate the compensation loop can be found
at
www.aosmd.com
.
Thermal Management and Layout
Consideration
In the AOZ1017 buck regulator circuit, high pulsing
current flows through two circuit loops. The first loop
starts from the input capacitors, to the V
IN
pin, to the LX
pins, to the filter inductor, to the output capacitor and
load, and then returns to the input capacitor through
ground. Current flows in the first loop when the high side
switch is on. The second loop starts from inductor, to the
output capacitors and load, to the anode of Schottky
diode, to the cathode of Schottky diode. Current flows in
the second loop when the low side diode is on.
In the PCB layout, minimizing the two loops area reduces
the noise of this circuit and improves efficiency. A ground
plane is strongly recommended to connect the input
capacitor, output capacitor, and PGND pin of the
AOZ1017.
In the AOZ1017 buck regulator circuit, the major power
dissipating components are the AOZ1017, the Schottky
diode and output inductor. The total power dissipation of
converter circuit can be measured by input power minus
output power.
The power dissipation in Schottky can be approximated
as:
P
diode_loss
I
O
1
D
–
=
where;
V
FW_Schottky
is the Schottky diode forward voltage drop.
The power dissipation of inductor can be approximately
calculated by output current and DCR of inductor.
The actual junction temperature can be calculated
with power dissipation in the AOZ1017 and thermal
impedance from junction to ambient.
f
C
50
kHz
=
R
C
f
C
V
V
FB
-----------
2
π
C
G
CS
×
G
EA
-----------------------------
×
×
=
C
C
1.5
R
C
2
π
f
p
1
×
×
------------------------------------
=
C
C
C
----------------------
R
L
×
R
C
=
P
total_loss
V
IN
I
IN
V
O
I
O
×
–
×
=
(
)
V
FW_Schottky
×
×
P
inductor_loss
I
O
2
R
inductor
1.1
×
×
=
T
junction
P
total_loss
P
diode_loss
P
inductor_loss
–
–
(
)
Θ
JA
T
amb
+
×
=