Datasheet
P
1
z
1
p
2
Gain-dB
Frequency
A
V2
A
V1
Slope= 1-
Error Amplifier Type-2
Compensation
1
f
f
2
+
V
REF
C
7
R
8
R
10
R
6
C
8
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Figure 38 shows the feedback network used in this application. This is a type-2 compensation network, which
gives a combination of good transient response and phase boost for good stability. This type of compensation
has a pole at the origin, causing a –20-dB/decade (–1) slope, followed by a zero that causes a region of flat gain,
followed by a final pole that returns the gain slope to –1. The Bode plot in Figure 39 shows the effect of these
poles and zeros.
The procedure for setting up the compensation network is as follows:
1. Determine the break frequency of the output capacitor.
2. Select a zero frequency well below this break frequency.
3. From the gain bandwidth of the error amplifier, select a crossover frequency where the amplifier gain is large,
relative to expected closed-loop gain.
4. Select a second zero well above the crossover frequency, which returns the gain slope to a –1 slope.
5. Calculate the required gain for the amplifier at crossover
Be prepared to iterate this procedure to optimize the pole and zero locations as needed.
Figure 38. Error Amplifier Feedback Elements
The frequency response of this converter is largely determined by two poles that arise from the LC output filter
and a higher-frequency zero caused by the ESR of the output capacitance. The poles from the output filter cause
a 40-dB/decade rolloff with a phase shift approaching 180°, followed by the output capacitor zero that reduced
the rolloff to –20 dB and gives a phase boost back toward 90°. In other nomenclature, this is a –2 slope followed
by a –1 slope. The two zeros in the compensation network act to cancel the double pole from the output filter
The compensation network’s two poles produce a region where the error amplifier is flat and can be set to a
gain, such that the overall gain of the system is 0 dB. This region is set so that it brackets the system crossover
frequency.
Figure 39. Error Amplifier Bode Plot
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