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Application ideas A7986A
36/42 DocID022801 Rev 5
Equation 42
where V
D
is the voltage drop across the diodes, V
SW
and V
SWE
across the internal and
external power MOSFET.
7.2 Inverting buck-boost
The A7986A can implement the step-up/down converter with a negative output voltage.
Figure 34 shows the schematic to regulate -5 V: no further external components are added
to the standard buck topology.
The relationship between input and output voltage is:
Equation 43
so the duty cycle is:
Equation 44
As in the positive one, in the inverting buck-boost the current flowing through the power
MOSFET is transferred to the load only during the OFF time. So according to the maximum
DC switch current (3.0 A), the maximum output current can be calculated from Equation 40,
where the duty cycle is given by Equation 44.
Figure 36. Inverting buck-boost regulator
The GND pin of the device is connected to the output voltage so, given the output voltage,
the input voltage range is limited by the maximum voltage the device can withstand across
VCC and GND (38 V). Therefore, if the output is -5 V, the input voltage can range from 4.5 V
to 33 V.
D
V
OUT
2V
D
⋅+
V
IN
V
SW
V
SWE
V
OUT
2V⋅
D
++––
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V
OUT
V
IN
–
D
1D–
-------------⋅=
D
V
OUT
V
OUT
V
IN
–
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