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Designing a Power Supply in Five Simple Steps
CWith LTpowerCAD Design Tool
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How People Do a “Paper Design”:
• For a switching mode supply:1. Define supply spec.
2. Decide topology.
3. Search for an IC (- time consuming)
4. Calculate power components (- time consuming and not optimum)
5 Search/select real components: L C FET ( time consuming & not optimum)5. Search/select real components: L, C, FET... (-time consuming & not optimum)
6. Guess efficiency/loss (- difficult, inaccurate)
7. Guess or simulate for loop compensation. (- difficult, inaccurate)
8. Draft a schematic.
• Time consuming, difficult, inaccurate, not optimum. • Requires good knowledge and skills.
H d f ff t !
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• Hours or days of efforts!
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LTpowerCAD Power Supply Design Tool
• Free-download at www.linear.com/LTpowerCAD• First released on 2014. Supports > 200 LTC ICs.
• Hundreds/thousands power components.
• Frequent updates / improvements. (sync/release)q p p ( y )• No internet bandwidth/speed limit. - Runs on
Windows PC with installation. Leverage powerful user PC with high securityPC with high security.
• Developed by Power Engineers/Experts. E f t d hi h lit d i• Easy, fast and high quality designs.
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LTpowerCAD Tool Simplifies Supply Design Task
5 Simple Steps: 1. Enters supply spec. to search for right solutions (fast). 2. Design tool guides users to select power components. (fast &2. Design tool guides users to select power components. (fast &
easy, optimum). 3. Real time efficiency and loss optimization (fast & easy, more
accurate)4. Real time loop gain and transient design & optimization (fast, easy
and accurate)5. BOM summary and size estimation (fast & easy)y ( y)6. (OPT) Export to LTspice for dynamic simulation and schematic.
• ☺ Fast, accurate with optimum results.• ☺ Easy task even for inexperienced designers. ☺ A “paper design” can be done in minutes!
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• ☺ A “paper-design” can be done in minutes!
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Design a Supply in 5 Simple Steps:
Enter specs, Power Stage Efficiency & Loop Summary,
Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5
search solution. Design. Loss & Transient BOM, Size
LT CADLTpowerCAD(OPT.)
LTspiceTM
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Simulation
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LTpowerCAD Supply Design Example
• Vin = 12V +/-10%• Vin = 12V +/-10%
• Vo=1.0V, Io=20A ,
• Step Down Buck Converter
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Design Step 1 – Search Part for Spec.
2. Search
1. Enter spec.
3. Select IC and open a Tool
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Design Step 2 – Power Stage Design
Component Library
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- Recommended values - User entered values
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Design Step 2 – Power Stage – Design Warnings
- Strong warning
- Soft warning
• Automatic warnings guide users for proper values
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Automatic warnings guide users for proper values
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Design Step 3 – Efficiency & Loss Optimization
• Real time estimation/comparison for optimum efficiency
Eff.% & PLOSS PLOSS Breakdown
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• Real time estimation/comparison for optimum efficiency
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Design Step 4 – Loop and Transient Design
Loop Gain Load Transient
• Real time loop design and transient optimization
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(All lC loop models have been verified on LTC demo boards)
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Design Step 5 – Summary, BOM and Size
Summary
Summary Report
BOM
Size
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(Optional) Step 6 – Export to LTspice Circuit
• To see detailed waveforms and transient performances
LTspice Simulation
Power Up
p
Load Step
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(Key LTpowerCAD design tool values are exported to LTspice)
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Design “Shortcut” – Solution Library
Existing design solution library
• Many solutions/designs are already in “solution library”. Users can add/build their solutions too.
• Leverage existing designs
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• Leverage existing designs.• Quick start point of a new design!
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Summary
LTpowerCAD tool makes your job easier.
• Save time.• Easy steps.
• High quality designsHigh quality designs.
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