Selecting input capacitor for VBAT

nPM2100 Hardware Design Guidelines

An input capacitor with an effective capacitance of at least 3.5 µF is required on the VBAT pin.

The voltage rating of the input capacitor should in all cases be higher than the maximum input voltage, with an added margin. A minimum voltage rating of 6.3 V is recommended. For RF sensitive applications, place an additional 1 nF to 100 nF decoupling capacitor on VBAT.

The following table shows examples of capacitor models for VBAT.

Table 1. Example capacitors for VBAT
Manufacturer Part number Size Capacitance (µF) Voltage rating (V) Type
(metric) (inch)
Murata GRM158R60J226ME01D 0402 1005 22 6.3 X5R
Samsung CL05A106MQ5NUW 0402 1005 10 6.3 X5R
Murata GRM155R60J106ME05 0402 1005 10 6.3 X5R
Murata GRM155R60J106ME15 0402 1005 10 6.3 X5R