Datasheet
Table Of Contents
- Features
- Applications
- Description
- Absolute Maximum Ratings
- Operating Conditions
- LM2596-3.3 Electrical Characteristics
- LM2596-5.0 Electrical Characteristics
- LM2596-12 Electrical Characteristics
- LM2596-ADJ Electrical Characteristics
- All Output Voltage Versions Electrical Characteristics
- Typical Performance Characteristics
- Test Circuit and Layout Guidelines
- Application Information
- EXTERNAL COMPONENTS
- FEEDFORWARD CAPACITOR (Adjustable Output Voltage Version)
- OUTPUT CAPACITOR
- CATCH DIODE
- INDUCTOR SELECTION
- DISCONTINUOUS MODE OPERATION
- OUTPUT VOLTAGE RIPPLE AND TRANSIENTS
- OPEN CORE INDUCTORS
- THERMAL CONSIDERATIONS
- DELAYED STARTUP
- UNDERVOLTAGE LOCKOUT
- INVERTING REGULATOR
- INVERTING REGULATOR SHUTDOWN METHODS
- Revision History

LM2596
SNVS124C –NOVEMBER 1999–REVISED APRIL 2013
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Typical Performance Characteristics (continued)
(Circuit of Figure 20)
Continuous Mode Switching Waveforms
Feedback Pin V
IN
= 20V, V
OUT
= 5V, I
LOAD
= 2A
Bias Current L = 32 μH, C
OUT
= 220 μF, C
OUT
ESR = 50 mΩ
A: Output Pin Voltage, 10V/div.
B: Inductor Current 1A/div.
C: Output Ripple Voltage, 50 mV/div.
Figure 15. Figure 16. Horizontal Time Base: 2 μs/div.
Discontinuous Mode Switching Waveforms Load Transient Response for Continuous Mode
V
IN
= 20V, V
OUT
= 5V, I
LOAD
= 500 mA V
IN
= 20V, V
OUT
= 5V, I
LOAD
= 500 mA to 2A
L = 10 μH, C
OUT
= 330 μF, C
OUT
ESR = 45 mΩ L = 32 μH, C
OUT
= 220 μF, C
OUT
ESR = 50 mΩ
A: Output Voltage, 100 mV/div. (AC)
A: Output Pin Voltage, 10V/div.
B: 500 mA to 2A Load Pulse
B: Inductor Current 0.5A/div.
C: Output Ripple Voltage, 100 mV/div.
Figure 17. Horizontal Time Base: 2 μs/div. Figure 18. Horizontal Time Base: 100 μs/div.
Load Transient Response for Discontinuous Mode
V
IN
= 20V, V
OUT
= 5V, I
LOAD
= 500 mA to 2A
L = 10 μH, C
OUT
= 330 μF, C
OUT
ESR = 45 mΩ
A: Output Voltage, 100 mV/div. (AC)
B: 500 mA to 2A Load Pulse
Figure 19. Horizontal Time Base: 200 μs/div.
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