For a circuit I'm designing, I want to use an MC34063AL-D08-T DC/DC converter (or a similar one; I just need a through-hole package) as a boost converter to boost a voltage \( V_{in} = 3.3-4.2 V \) (coming from a Li-ion battery) to a stable output of \( V_{out} = 5 V \), with \( I_{out} = 250 mA \).
I'm quite new to electronics and circuit design and I have no experience working with buck-boost converters, so I have been studying the datasheet, and the examples provided in it, in order to understand which components I'll need for my use case.
The issue is that the provided examples don't make sense to me. Here is the boost converter schematic provided in the datasheet:
If I try to use the calculation table provided at the end of the datasheet, the component values don't match the ones shown in the schematic above.
For example, the datasheet specifies that this configuration has a voltage ripple \( V_{\text{ripple}} = 400 mV \) (highlighted). If I try to compute the \( V_{\text{ripple}} \) using the same components as in the schematic, it works out to around \( 194 mV \).
I can't even seem to reproduce the schematic; using the same requirements
\[
V_{in} = 12 V, V_{out} = 28 V, I_{out} = 175 mA
\]
all the components turn out different from what is shown.
What am I missing?
Note: the diode used in the schematic is a 1N5819; I assumed a forward voltage of about \( V_{F} = 0.45 V \) at a forward current of about \( I_{F} = 250 mA \). I won't use this diode, but the \( V_{F} \) is needed to compute the duty cycle of the converter.
I'm quite new to electronics and circuit design and I have no experience working with buck-boost converters, so I have been studying the datasheet, and the examples provided in it, in order to understand which components I'll need for my use case.
The issue is that the provided examples don't make sense to me. Here is the boost converter schematic provided in the datasheet:
If I try to use the calculation table provided at the end of the datasheet, the component values don't match the ones shown in the schematic above.
For example, the datasheet specifies that this configuration has a voltage ripple \( V_{\text{ripple}} = 400 mV \) (highlighted). If I try to compute the \( V_{\text{ripple}} \) using the same components as in the schematic, it works out to around \( 194 mV \).
I can't even seem to reproduce the schematic; using the same requirements
\[
V_{in} = 12 V, V_{out} = 28 V, I_{out} = 175 mA
\]
all the components turn out different from what is shown.
What am I missing?
Note: the diode used in the schematic is a 1N5819; I assumed a forward voltage of about \( V_{F} = 0.45 V \) at a forward current of about \( I_{F} = 250 mA \). I won't use this diode, but the \( V_{F} \) is needed to compute the duty cycle of the converter.