ZHCS527G January 2007 – April 2025 LM5574
PRODUCTION DATA
There is a forced off-time of 500ns implemented each cycle to make sure of sufficient time for the diode current to be sampled. This forced off-time limits the maximum duty cycle of the buck switch. The maximum duty cycle varies with the operating frequency.
where
Limiting the maximum duty cycle raises the input dropout voltage. The input dropout voltage is the lowest input voltage required to maintain regulation of the output voltage. Use Equation 6 to calculate an approximation of the input dropout voltage is:

where
Operating at high switching frequency raises the minimum input voltage necessary to maintain regulation.