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POWER MANAGEMENT

SC480

Application Information (Cont.)

accurate signal. The layout can be generally considered

in three parts; the control section referenced to VSSA, the

VTT output, and the switcher power section.

Looking at the control section ﬁrst, locate all components

referenced to VSSA on the schematic and place these

components at the chip. Connect VSSA using a wide

(>0.020”) trace. Very little current ﬂows in the chip ground

therefore large areas of copper are not needed. Connect

the VSSA pin directly to the thermal pad under the device

as the only connection from PGND1 and PGND2 from

VSSA.

Decoupling capacitors for VCCA/VSSA and VDDP/PGND1

should be placed is as close as possible to the chip. The

feedback components connected to FB, along with the

VDDQ sense components, should also be located at the

chip. The feedback trace from the VDDQ output should

route from the top of the output capacitors, in a quiet

layer back to the FB components.

Next, looking at the switcher power section, there are a

few key guidelines to follow:

There should be a very small input loop, well

decoupled.

The phase node should be a large copper pour, but

still compact since this is the noisiest node.

Input power ground and output power ground should

not connect directly, but through the ground planes

instead.

Finally, connecting the control and switcher power sections

should be accomplished as follows:

Route VDDQ feedback trace in a “quiet” layer, away

from noise sources.

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 ground 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.

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

as possible.

Connect PGND1 pins on the chip directly to the VDDP

decoupling capacitor and then drop vias directly to

theground plane. Locate the current limit resistor at

the chip with a kelvin connection to the phase node.

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