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12 V to 5 V / 1 A Buck Molecule (TPS54202), built in Altium Designer
Public Unreviewedby Colby Knox
A 12 V to 5 V, 1 A TPS54202 buck molecule designed and built by AI in Altium Designer from one sentence, with the Altium project, Gerbers, BOM, simulation and current and heat analysis.
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Colby Knox
Altium Designer build of the TPS54202 buck molecule: Altium project, manufacturing set, STEP and GLB, design, simulatio…
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{
"feedback": {
"Rtop_parts_ohm": [
5600.0,
68000.0
],
"Rbot_parts_ohm": [
10000.0
],
"Rtop": 73600.0,
"Rbot": 10000.0,
"vout_nominal": 4.9826,
"error_pct": -0.35,
"vout_range_vref_tol": [
4.857,
5.108
]
},
"inductor": {
"Lmin_uH": 22.92,
"L_uH": 15,
"ripple_A_at_12V": 0.389,
"ripple_A_at_16V": 0.458,
"Ipeak_A_at_16V": 1.229,
"Irms_A": 1.009,
"Isat_required_A": 2.5,
"note": "Isat 3.7 A / Irms 3.5 A (AMPLH5030S-150M datasheet p2) >= the 2.5 A HS current-limit minimum, DCR 98 typ / 118 max mOhm. 15 uH chosen over Lmin 22.9 uH (KIND 0.3 at 16 V): it is the 5 V value in TI Table 7-2, which the internal slope compensation is tuned for; ripple 0.39 A (39 pct) at 12 V and 0.46 A (46 pct) at 16 V, peak 1.23 A, within 20-50 pct for low-ESR ceramic outputs"
},
"cout": {
"C_step_min_uF": 26.7,
"C_ripple_min_uF": 11.5,
"chosen": "3 x 22 uF 0805 X5R 10 V (Adom stock)",
"effective_uF": 36.3,
"fo_kHz_eq14": 21.8,
"fo_limit_kHz": 40,
"ripple_mV_at_16V": 3.16,
"Icout_rms_each_mA": 44.1
},
"cff": {
"calc_pF": 99.4,
"chosen_pF": 68,
"note": "C0G 0402 stock; verified by the loop-gain sim"
},
"cin": {
"Irms_A": 0.493,
"chosen": "2 x 10 uF 1206 X7R 25 V (Mouser) + 100 nF 0603 X7R 50 V (Adom stock) at the VIN pin",
"effective_uF": 12.0,
"vin_ripple_mV": 40.5,
"bulk": "47 uF 35 V aluminium electrolytic: damps the supply cable inductance against the low-ESR ceramics (hot-plug ringing), datasheet 7.3"
},
"uvlo": {
"R_top": 1000000.0,
"R_bot": 150000.0,
"start_V": 8.58,
"stop_V": 6.87,
"hysteresis_V": 1.7,
"EN_at_16V": 2.09,
"EN_abs_max": 5.5,
"EN_at_28V": 3.65
},
"thermal": {
"P_ic_W": 0.253,
"P_inductor_W": 0.12,
"efficiency_est": 0.931,
"Tj_rise_C_RthJA_118.6": 30.0,
"Tj_rise_C_RthJA_EVM_57.2": 14.5,
"note": "I^2R at hot Rds(on) over the duty + switching estimate; SOT-23 has no pad, heat leaves through the pins: GND/VIN copper is the heatsink"
},
"led": {
"R_ohm": 2200.0,
"I_mA": 1.36,
"note": "power-good indicator on VOUT; 0603 green (Adom stock)"
}
}