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Hello,
We are doing a 200khz buck converter with the LTC3892 controller. It is Vin = 28VDC to vout = 1.5VDC and Iout = 17.1A. (pdf and ltspice sim attached)
The current sense resistor is 2 milliohms and dissipates 0.59 Watts.
We really wanted to use a 1.8 milliohm sense resistor, but couldn’t find any in stock, so we stuck with the 2milliohm, 2512 size sense resistor.
Can you confirm that in such low resistance sense resistors, (less than or equal to 2 milliohms) it is best to stick to values that are either 1 milliohm, 1.5 milliohm, or 2 milliohms, because outside of these values, they are very hard to find in-stock and lead times could be very long?
Also, 2512 type sense resistors are very thin and wide, and are prone to snapping with PCB vibration, but again, choosing a type of package resistor that is less likely to snap is a bad idea because they have such long lead times, do you agree.?
Here is a “metal plate” resistor which is more immune to board bending, but they are almost never in-stock, and very difficult to come by…
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We are doing a 200khz buck converter with the LTC3892 controller. It is Vin = 28VDC to vout = 1.5VDC and Iout = 17.1A. (pdf and ltspice sim attached)
The current sense resistor is 2 milliohms and dissipates 0.59 Watts.
We really wanted to use a 1.8 milliohm sense resistor, but couldn’t find any in stock, so we stuck with the 2milliohm, 2512 size sense resistor.
Can you confirm that in such low resistance sense resistors, (less than or equal to 2 milliohms) it is best to stick to values that are either 1 milliohm, 1.5 milliohm, or 2 milliohms, because outside of these values, they are very hard to find in-stock and lead times could be very long?
Also, 2512 type sense resistors are very thin and wide, and are prone to snapping with PCB vibration, but again, choosing a type of package resistor that is less likely to snap is a bad idea because they have such long lead times, do you agree.?
Here is a “metal plate” resistor which is more immune to board bending, but they are almost never in-stock, and very difficult to come by…
**broken link removed**