7.4 Device Functional Modes

7.4.1 Auto-Skip Eco-Mode™ Control

The TPS54526 is designed with Auto-Skip Eco-mode™ to increase light load efficiency. As the output current

decreases from heavy load condition, the inductor current is also reduced and eventually comes to point that

its rippled valley touches zero level, which is the boundary between continuous conduction and discontinuous

conduction modes. The rectifying MOSFET is turned off when its zero inductor current is detected. As the load

current further decreases the converter run into discontinuous conduction mode. The on-time is kept almost the

same as it was in the continuous conduction mode so that it takes longer time to discharge the output capacitor

with smaller load current to the level of the reference voltage. The transition point to the light load operation

IOUT(LL) current can be calculated in Equation 2.

(

)

IN

OUT

OUT

OUT(LL)

SW

IN

V -V

×V

1

I

=

×

2×L×f

V

(2)

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