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POWER MANAGEMENT

There are two sensitive, feedback-related pins at the chip:

VOUT and FB. Proper routing is needed to keep noise

away from these signals. All components connected to

FB should be located directly at the chip, and the copper

area of the FB node minimized. The VOUT trace that

feeds into the VOUT pin, which also feeds the FB resistor

divider, must be kept far away from noise sources such

as switching nodes, inductors and gate drives. Route the

VOUT trace in a quiet layer if possible, from the output

capacitor back to the chip.

For the switcher power section, there are a few key

guidelines to follow:

1) There should be a very small input loop between

the input capacitors, MOSFETs, inductor, and output

capacitors.

Locate the input decoupling capacitors

directly at the MOSFETs.

2) The phase node should be a large copper pour, but still

compact since this is the noisiest node.

3) The power GND connection between the input

capacitors, low-side MOSFET, and output capacitors

should be as small as is practical, with wide traces or

planes.

4) The impedance of the power GND connection

between the low-side MOSFET and the GND pin should

be minimized. This connection must carry the DL drive

current, which has high peaks at both rising and falling

edges. Use mulitple layers and multiple vias to minimize

impedance, and keep the distance as short as practical.

Finally, connecting the control and switcher power sections

should be accomplished as follows:

1) Route the VOUT feedback trace in a “quiet” layer, away

from noise sources.

2) Route DL, DH and LX (low side FET gate drive, high side

FET gate drive and phase node) to the chip using wide

traces, with multiple vias if using more than one layer.

These connections are to be as short as possible for loop

minimization, with a length to width ratio less than 20:1

to minimize impedance. DL is the most critical gate drive,

with power GND as its return path. LX is the noisiest node

in the circuit, switching between VBAT and ground at high

frequencies, thus should be kept as short as practical. DH

has LX as its return path. DL, DH, LX, and BST are high-

noise signals and should be kept well away from sensitive

signals, particularly FB and VOUT.

3) BST is also a noisy node and should be kept as short

as possible. The high-side DH driver is relies on the boost

capacitor to provide the DH drive current, so the boost

capacitor must be placed near the IC and connect to the

BST and LX pins using short, wide traces to minimize

impedance.

4) Connect the GND pin on the chip to the VCC decoupling

capacitor and then drop vias directly to the ground plane.

Locate the current limit resistor RLIM at the chip with a

kelvin connection to the drain of the lower MOSFET at the

phase node, and minimize the copper area of the ILIM

trace.

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