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<div class=WordSection1> <h1>Current Ripple Factor of a Buck Converter</h1> <p class=MsoNormal><br> <br> </p> <h2 id="__Bookmark__0">Abstract</h2> <p class=MsoNormal>Inductor and capacitor forms a low-pass filter in a buck converter. The corner frequency the LC filter is always designed to at low frequency to attenuate switching ripple. As a rule of thumb, current ripple of inductor is always designed to be around 30% of average inductor current. In this design note, a theoretical derivation of ripple current to average current ratio, also called ripple factor, is introduced to get inductor size equation. By applying area-product (AP) method of inductor design, an optimal range of ripple factor can be obtained, which is helpful for capacitor design as well as the total converter design.</p> <p class=MsoNormal><br> <br> </p> <h2 id="__Bookmark__1">Introduction</h2> <p class=MsoNormal>Buck converters are widely applied in lots of voltage step-down applications, such as on-board point-of-load converters. Basically, a power switch and a free-wheeling diode chop the dc input voltage to a rectangular waveform, then a low-pass LC filter sieves the high-frequency switching ripple and noise to get a almost pure dc voltage in the load terminal. Figure 1 shows a typical buck converter.</p> <p class=a2><a class="fancybox" href="/content/dam/richtek-eds/resources/application-notes/an009/html-images-zh_tw/image001_zh-tw.jpg" ><img width=681 height=174 id="圖片 9" src="/content/dam/richtek-eds/resources/application-notes/an009/html-images-zh_tw/image001_zh-tw.jpg" alt="Technical Document Image Preview"></a></p> <p class=a6>Figure 1. (a) A typical Buck converter, (b) Switching voltage.</p> <p class=MsoNormal>When power switch Q<sub>1</sub> turns on, the free-wheeling diode D<sub>1</sub> is reverse bias. The input current goes through LC filter to load directly. When Q<sub>1</sub> turns off, D<sub>1</sub> is forward biased by inductor current i<sub>L</sub>. Switching voltage waveform shown as in Figure 1(b) is pulsating rectangular. After LC filtering, assuming corner frequency of LC is much lower than switching frequency, output voltage appears almost pure dc. </p> <p class=MsoNormal>It can be understood the higher the inductance L is, the lower the capacitance C leads the same output voltage ripple. However, too big inductor causes high volume and high cost. While too low inductance causes big output capacitor. It is not purely a design trade-off problem. Let’s think about the waveforms of inductor current in steady state.</p> <p class=MsoNormal>When power switch is at ON state, the voltage across inductor is voltage difference between input and output voltage.</p> <p class=MsoNormal><a class="fancybox" href="/content/dam/richtek-eds/resources/application-notes/an009/html-images-zh_tw/image002_zh-tw.jpg" ><img width=452 height=27 id="圖片 1" src="/content/dam/richtek-eds/resources/application-notes/an009/html-images-zh_tw/image002_zh-tw.jpg" alt="Technical Document Image Preview"></a></p> <p class=MsoNormal>The current will increase linearly from initial i<sub>L</sub>(0),</p> <p class=MsoNormal><a class="fancybox" href="/content/dam/richtek-eds/resources/application-notes/an009/html-images-zh_tw/image003_zh-tw.jpg" ><img width=441 height=37 id="圖片 10" src="/content/dam/richtek-eds/resources/application-notes/an009/html-images-zh_tw/image003_zh-tw.jpg" alt="Technical Document Image Preview"></a></p> <p class=MsoNormal>When power switch is at OFF state, inductor voltage is the same output voltage with negative polarity.</p> <p class=MsoNormal><a class="fancybox" href="/content/dam/richtek-eds/resources/application-notes/an009/html-images-zh_tw/image004_zh-tw.jpg" ><img width=463 height=24 id="圖片 11" src="/content/dam/richtek-eds/resources/application-notes/an009/html-images-zh_tw/image004_zh-tw.jpg" alt="Technical Document Image Preview"></a></p> <p class=MsoNormal>On the contrary, the inductor current will decrease linearly by -V<sub>o</sub>/L slope from i<sub>L</sub>(T<sub>on</sub>).</p> <p class=MsoNormal><a class="fancybox" href="/content/dam/richtek-eds/resources/application-notes/an009/html-images-zh_tw/image005_zh-tw.jpg" ><img width=463 height=36 id="圖片 12" src="/content/dam/richtek-eds/resources/application-notes/an009/html-images-zh_tw/image005_zh-tw.jpg" alt="Technical Document Image Preview"></a></p> <p class=MsoNormal>Form volt-sec balance of a inductor voltage (1) and (3), one can get the voltage transfer ratio easily,</p> <p class=MsoNormal><a class="fancybox" href="/content/dam/richtek-eds/resources/application-notes/an009/html-images-zh_tw/image006_zh-tw.jpg" ><img width=463 height=37 id="圖片 13" src="/content/dam/richtek-eds/resources/application-notes/an009/html-images-zh_tw/image006_zh-tw.jpg" alt="Technical Document Image Preview"></a></p> <p class=MsoNormal>Compared with Figure 1(b), LC filter works as an “average” function. Duty cycle, D, is defined as the switch turn-on time oven the entire switching period.</p> <p class=MsoNormal><br> <br> </p> <h2 id="__Bookmark__2">Ripple Factor</h2> <p class=MsoNormal>Figure 2 shows the inductor current waveform. Because voltage waveform of inductor is pulsating rectangular, the inductor current will be triangular with certain dc level.</p> <p class=a2><a class="fancybox" href="/content/dam/richtek-eds/resources/application-notes/an009/html-images-zh_tw/image007_zh-tw.jpg" ><img width=355 height=189 id="圖片 3" src="/content/dam/richtek-eds/resources/application-notes/an009/html-images-zh_tw/image007_zh-tw.jpg" alt="Technical Document Image Preview"></a></p> <p class=a6>Figure 2. Inductor current waveform</p> <p class=MsoNormal>Ripple current of inductor is defined as</p> <p class=MsoNormal><a class="fancybox" href="/content/dam/richtek-eds/resources/application-notes/an009/html-images-zh_tw/image008_zh-tw.jpg" ><img width=451 height=29 id="圖片 15" src="/content/dam/richtek-eds/resources/application-notes/an009/html-images-zh_tw/image008_zh-tw.jpg" alt="Technical Document Image Preview"></a></p> <p class=MsoNormal>Obviously, load current can be expressed as</p> <p class=MsoNormal><a class="fancybox" href="/content/dam/richtek-eds/resources/application-notes/an009/html-images-zh_tw/image009_zh-tw.jpg" ><img width=448 height=38 id="圖片 16" src="/content/dam/richtek-eds/resources/application-notes/an009/html-images-zh_tw/image009_zh-tw.jpg" alt="Technical Document Image Preview"></a></p> <p class=MsoNormal>A ripple factor can be defined as</p> <p class=MsoNormal><a class="fancybox" href="/content/dam/richtek-eds/resources/application-notes/an009/html-images-zh_tw/image010_zh-tw.jpg" ><img width=446 height=36 id="圖片 17" src="/content/dam/richtek-eds/resources/application-notes/an009/html-images-zh_tw/image010_zh-tw.jpg" alt="Technical Document Image Preview"></a></p> <p class=MsoNormal>When ripple factor is less than 2, the converter operates in continuous conduction mode (C.C.M), otherwise discontinuous conduction mode (D.C.M.). C.C.M. operation at full-load is more desired in an appropriate design of buck converters for its lower current stress in power semiconductors. Thus, only C.C.M. operation is discussed in this article.</p> <p class=MsoNormal>Equation (8) can be expressed as voltage-related format</p> <p class=MsoNormal><a class="fancybox" href="/content/dam/richtek-eds/resources/application-notes/an009/html-images-zh_tw/image011_zh-tw.jpg" ><img width=483 height=54 id="圖片 18" src="/content/dam/richtek-eds/resources/application-notes/an009/html-images-zh_tw/image011_zh-tw.jpg" alt="Technical Document Image Preview"></a></p> <p class=MsoNormal>For a fixed inductor, the higher the input voltage, the higher ripple factor is. For a fixed input voltage, ripple factor is higher when the inductance is less. Higher ripple factor means more ripple current flows though capacitor. If same ripple voltage is required, bigger capacitor is necessary.</p> <p class=MsoNormal><br> <br> </p> <h2 id="__Bookmark__3">Area Product of an Inductor</h2> <p class=MsoNormal>As described above, the inductor will store energy during switch turn-on period, and release energy while switch turns off. Conceptually, the load current should pass through the inductor, such that enough area of winding wire is necessary. If lower ripple factor (or higher inductance) is designed, more winding turns is necessary, which leads to bigger size of inductor.</p> <p class=MsoNormal>An index for measuring the inductor size called Area Product is introduced, which is the product of effective cross-section area of the core and area of winding window. The unit becomes m<sup>4</sup> rather than m<sup>3</sup> in volume. However, the area product is directly proportional to core volume.</p> <p class=MsoNormal>From Faraday’s law, the relationship among inductance (L), peak current (i<sub>pk</sub>) and magnetic core can be derived as</p> <p class=MsoNormal><a class="fancybox" href="/content/dam/richtek-eds/resources/application-notes/an009/html-images-zh_tw/image012_zh-tw.jpg" ><img width=494 height=25 id="圖片 19" src="/content/dam/richtek-eds/resources/application-notes/an009/html-images-zh_tw/image012_zh-tw.jpg" alt="Technical Document Image Preview"></a></p> <p class=MsoNormal>where, i<sub>pk</sub> = I<sub>o</sub> + &frac12; <span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Symbol'>D</span>i<sub>L</sub>, N is the turns of winding and B<sub>m</sub> is the maximum flux density of magnetic core. A<sub>C</sub> is the effective cross-section area of core.</p> <p class=MsoNormal>From the winding, the following equation can be obtained.</p> <p class=MsoNormal><a class="fancybox" href="/content/dam/richtek-eds/resources/application-notes/an009/html-images-zh_tw/image013_zh-tw.jpg" ><img width=497 height=36 id="圖片 20" src="/content/dam/richtek-eds/resources/application-notes/an009/html-images-zh_tw/image013_zh-tw.jpg" alt="Technical Document Image Preview"></a></p> <p class=MsoNormal>where, A<sub>wr</sub> is the cross-section area of winding conductor, J is the current density of conductor. k<sub>w</sub> is the filling factor of core and W<sub>a </sub>is the winding window area.</p> <p class=MsoNormal>Combine (10) and (11), one can get</p> <p class=MsoNormal><a class="fancybox" href="/content/dam/richtek-eds/resources/application-notes/an009/html-images-zh_tw/image014_zh-tw.jpg" ><img width=487 height=43 id="圖片 21" src="/content/dam/richtek-eds/resources/application-notes/an009/html-images-zh_tw/image014_zh-tw.jpg" alt="Technical Document Image Preview"></a></p> <p class=MsoNormal>RMS current of an inductor can be arranged as its dc and ac terms.</p> <p class=MsoNormal><a class="fancybox" href="/content/dam/richtek-eds/resources/application-notes/an009/html-images-zh_tw/image015_zh-tw.jpg" ><img width=495 height=47 id="圖片 22" src="/content/dam/richtek-eds/resources/application-notes/an009/html-images-zh_tw/image015_zh-tw.jpg" alt="Technical Document Image Preview"></a></p> <p class=MsoNormal>Equation (12) can be re-written as</p> <p class=MsoNormal><a class="fancybox" href="/content/dam/richtek-eds/resources/application-notes/an009/html-images-zh_tw/image016_zh-tw.jpg" ><img width=492 height=82 id="圖片 23" src="/content/dam/richtek-eds/resources/application-notes/an009/html-images-zh_tw/image016_zh-tw.jpg" alt="Technical Document Image Preview"></a></p> <p class=MsoNormal>Figure 3 shows the normalized core size vs. ripple factor with respect to various duty cycle.</p> <p class=a2><a class="fancybox" href="/content/dam/richtek-eds/resources/application-notes/an009/html-images-zh_tw/image017_zh-tw.jpg" ><img width=496 height=344 id="圖片 8" src="/content/dam/richtek-eds/resources/application-notes/an009/html-images-zh_tw/image017_zh-tw.jpg" alt="Technical Document Image Preview"></a></p> <p class=a6>Figure 3. Relationship between ripple factor and inductor size with various duty cycle.</p> <p class=MsoNormal>When ripple factor is in low area, core size will be dramatically increased and almost flat in high ripple factor. That means there exists an optimal range in near knee area. Basically, high ripple factor results in big filtering capacitor and vice versa. For example, as D = 0.3, ripple factor can be designed between 0.2 to 0.4, which results in a moderate core size and appropriate capacitor size.</p> <p class=MsoNormal><br> <br> </p> <h2 id="__Bookmark__4">Design Examples</h2> <p class=MsoNormal>A buck converter with 300kHz switching frequency has the following operating parameters,</p> <p class=MsoNormal>V<sub>in</sub> = 4 ~ 12V, V<sub>out</sub> = 1.8V, Io = 6A, <span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Symbol'>D</span>V<sub>o</sub> = 10mV regarding to capacitance.</p> <p class=MsoNormal>Assuming the power switch and freewheeling diode are ideal. Table 1 shows the inductance for traditional 30% ripple factor design, and optimal calculated values from proposed AP method is shown is Table 2.</p> <p class=a6>Table 1. Conventional 30% ripple factor design</p> <div> <table class=MsoTableGrid border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='border-collapse:collapse;border:none'> <tr> <td width=86 valign=top style='width:64.2pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; background:#009EB8;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal>Input Voltage</p> <p class=MsoNormal>(V)</p> </td> <td width=76 valign=top style='width:2.0cm;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:none;background:#009EB8;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal>Duty Cycle</p> </td> <td width=94 valign=top style='width:70.85pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:none;background:#009EB8;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal>Ripple Factor</p> </td> <td width=95 valign=top style='width:70.9pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:none;background:#009EB8;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal>Ripple Current (A)</p> </td> <td width=94 valign=top style='width:70.85pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:none;background:#009EB8;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal>Ripple Current RMS(A)</p> </td> <td width=88 valign=top style='width:66.15pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:none;background:#009EB8;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal>Inductance (<span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Symbol'>m</span>H)</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width=86 valign=top style='width:64.2pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top:none;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal>4</p> </td> <td width=76 valign=top style='width:2.0cm;border-top:none;border-left:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal>0.30</p> </td> <td width=94 valign=top style='width:70.85pt;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal>0.3</p> </td> <td width=95 valign=top style='width:70.9pt;border-top:none;border-left:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal>1.80</p> </td> <td width=94 valign=top style='width:70.85pt;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal>0.52</p> </td> <td width=88 valign=top style='width:66.15pt;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal>1.56</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width=86 valign=top style='width:64.2pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top:none;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal>8</p> </td> <td width=76 valign=top style='width:2.0cm;border-top:none;border-left:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal>0.15</p> </td> <td width=94 valign=top style='width:70.85pt;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal>0.3</p> </td> <td width=95 valign=top style='width:70.9pt;border-top:none;border-left:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal>1.80</p> </td> <td width=94 valign=top style='width:70.85pt;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal>0.52</p> </td> <td width=88 valign=top style='width:66.15pt;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal>1.89</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width=86 valign=top style='width:64.2pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top:none;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal>12</p> </td> <td width=76 valign=top style='width:2.0cm;border-top:none;border-left:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal>0.1</p> </td> <td width=94 valign=top style='width:70.85pt;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal>0.3</p> </td> <td width=95 valign=top style='width:70.9pt;border-top:none;border-left:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal>1.80</p> </td> <td width=94 valign=top style='width:70.85pt;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal>0.52</p> </td> <td width=88 valign=top style='width:66.15pt;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal>2.00</p> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <p class=a6>Table 2. Optimal Inductance</p> <div> <table class=MsoTableGrid border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='border-collapse:collapse;border:none'> <tr> <td width=88 valign=top style='width:65.9pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; background:#009EB8;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal>Input Voltage</p> <p class=MsoNormal>(V)</p> </td> <td width=75 valign=top style='width:56.35pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:none;background:#009EB8;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal>Duty Cycle</p> </td> <td width=95 valign=top style='width:71.25pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:none;background:#009EB8;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal>Optimal Ripple Factor</p> </td> <td width=94 valign=top style='width:70.85pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:none;background:#009EB8;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal>Ripple Current (A)</p> </td> <td width=95 valign=top style='width:70.9pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:none;background:#009EB8;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal>Ripple Current RMS(A)</p> </td> <td width=88 valign=top style='width:65.75pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:none;background:#009EB8;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal>Inductance (<span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Symbol'>m</span>H)</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width=88 valign=top style='width:65.9pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top:none;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal>4</p> </td> <td width=75 valign=top style='width:56.35pt;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal>0.30</p> </td> <td width=95 valign=top style='width:71.25pt;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal>0.42</p> </td> <td width=94 valign=top style='width:70.85pt;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal>2.52</p> </td> <td width=95 valign=top style='width:70.9pt;border-top:none;border-left:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal>0.73</p> </td> <td width=88 valign=top style='width:65.75pt;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal>1.11</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width=88 valign=top style='width:65.9pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top:none;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal>8</p> </td> <td width=75 valign=top style='width:56.35pt;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal>0.15</p> </td> <td width=95 valign=top style='width:71.25pt;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal>0.45</p> </td> <td width=94 valign=top style='width:70.85pt;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal>2.70</p> </td> <td width=95 valign=top style='width:70.9pt;border-top:none;border-left:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal>0.78</p> </td> <td width=88 valign=top style='width:65.75pt;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal>1.26</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width=88 valign=top style='width:65.9pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top:none;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal>12</p> </td> <td width=75 valign=top style='width:56.35pt;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal>0.1</p> </td> <td width=95 valign=top style='width:71.25pt;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal>0.48</p> </td> <td width=94 valign=top style='width:70.85pt;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal>2.88</p> </td> <td width=95 valign=top style='width:70.9pt;border-top:none;border-left:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal>0.83</p> </td> <td width=88 valign=top style='width:65.75pt;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal>1.25</p> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <p class=MsoNormal>From Table 1, conventional approach has same designed ripple current, but larger inductor is needed for higher input voltage. 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