Pseudo-Constant Switching Frequency in On-Time Controlled Buck Converter with Predicting Correction Techniques

The predicting correction technique (PCT) is proposed to achieve an adaptive on-time control for ripple-based buck converters. The switching frequency fSW variation is suppressed when the PCT technique considers complete parasitic resistances of the components and devices. Even without extra clock-controlled circuits and current sensing circuits, the buck converter operates with a nearly constant fSW over a wide load range. Parasitic resistances almost cause no influence and restriction on f
_SW
. Only input voltage is used to predict the adaptive on-time. Measurement results show only 0.32% in Δf
_SW
/f
_SW
and 5.7 kHz/A in Δf
_SW
/ΔI
_LOAD
in case of 1.4 A load current change and f
_SW
is 2.5 MHz. Consequently, a pseudo-constant f
_SW
with well-defined noise spectrum strongly benefits the solution of electromagnetic interference (EMI) for system-on-a-chip (SoC) applications.