Basic SEPIC Converter Design

Spreadsheet is protected but can be changed to unprotected (no password)

Legend:
Input Values In Blue -- Adjust to match the circuit
Inputs
Symbol
VIN
Input Voltage
Assumed Efficiency (except diode)
VLED
Output LED Voltage
IO
Output Current
Inductor Ripple Current Ratio
LIR
VD
Output Diode Voltage Drop
fO
Switching Frequency
Acceptable Output Voltage Ripple VOrip
RCS
Current Sense Resistor

Inductance Value Chosen

Series Resistance of LPRI
Series Resistance of LSEC

L
RLPRI
RLSEC

MIN
8.00

TYP

MAX
UNITS
18.00
V

0.94
23.00
0.300
0.400
0.53

0.30
500.00

0.10
0.11

54.4

68
0.54
0.276

81.6

V
A
V
KHz
V

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Output Values In Yellow -- Read Only
Outputs

Symbol

Duty Cycle
On Time
Off Time
Minimum value of inductance

DC
TON
TOFF
LMIN

LPRI average current

LPRI/LSEC Pk-Pk ripple current
LPRI peak current
LPRI valley current
LPRI RMS current
LPRI Power Dissipation
LSEC average current
LSEC peak current
LSEC valley current
LSEC RMS current
LSEC Power Dissipation
LSEC valley current at Dmax
LSEC peak current at Dmax
MOSFET RMS current
MOSFET peak current
MOSFET peak voltage
RCS peak voltage
RCS ramp voltage
Slope compensation needed
Slope compensation voltage
RCS pk voltage incl. slope comp.
Series capacitor RMS current
Series capacitor voltage rating
Series capacitor capacitance
Output capacitor RMS current
Output cap ESR(30% of ripple)

ILPRIave
ILrip
ILPRIpk
ILPRIval
ILPRIrms
PLPRI
ILSECave
ILSECpk
ILSECval
ILSECrms
PLSEC
LSECval_Dmax
LSECpk_Dmax
IMOSrms
IMOSpk
VMOSpk
VRCSpk
VRCSramp
SC
VSC
VRCStot
ISCrms
VSCrate
CSC
ICOUTrms
RCOUT

MIN

0.564
1.128
0.412
33.8

0.178

MAX

0.794
1.588
0.872

0.939
0.373
1.028
0.850
0.940
0.477
0.300
0.487
0.113
0.319
0.028
0.211
0.389
1.108
1.417
41.530
0.156
0.039
1.426
0.056
0.212
0.589
27.000
0.397
0.589
0.021

UNITS

sec
sec

A
A
A
A
A
W
A
A
A
A
W
A
A
A
A
V
V
V
V
V
A
V
F
A

Output cap value (70% of ripple) COUT

6.805

Spreadsheet For Calculation of Regulation Optimization Resistors

Spreadsheet is protected but can be changed to unprotected (no password)
Legend:
Input Values -- Adjust to match the circuit
Input Values -- Already match datasheet, but can be altered

Inputs
Symbol
Number of output LEDs in series NLED
VF
Forward voltage per LED
VDor
Forward voltage of or-ing diode
VDpwm
Forward voltage of PWM diode
Desired minimum driver headroomVHR
VFB
Feedback voltage
R1
R1 (series resistor)
VRES
Desired reserve voltage

MIN

TYP

MAX

UNITS

5
2.60
0.15
0.15
1.00

3.60
0.30
0.30

9.90

2.50
10.00
0.50

10.10

V
V
V
V
V
K

R2 (top resistor) chosen

R2

207.9

210

212.1

R3 (bottom resistor) chosen

R3

24.651

24.9

25.149

tion of Regulation Optimization Resistors

Output Values -- Read Only

Outputs

VLED Range
Voltage across R1
Current through the R1 resistor
Minimum value of top resistor

Symbol

VLED
VR1
IR1
RTopmin

MIN

MAX

UNITS

14.00
1.20
0.12
138.9

19.00
1.35
0.14

V
V
mA
K

VHRrange
Headroom voltage range
Maximum value of bottom resistor RBottommax

1.40

1.81
26.90

V
K

VRegulation

20.69

22.72

Regulation range when PWM=0V