APW8811 datasheet(18/23 Pages) ANPEC

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Rev. A.3 - Sep., 2012

APW8811

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Layout Consideration (Cont.)

Application Information (Cont.)

• Keep the switching nodes (UGATEx, LGATEx, BOOTx,

and PHASEx) away from sensitive small signal nodes

(REF, ILIMx, and FBx) since these nodes are fast mov-

ing signals. Therefore, keep traces to these nodes as

short as possible and there should be no other weak

signal traces in parallel with theses traces on any layer.

• The signals going through theses traces have both

high dv/dt and high di/dt, with high peak charging and

discharging current. The traces from the gate drivers

to the MOSFETs (UGATEx and LGATEx) should be short

and wide.

• Place the source of the high-side MOSFET and the

drain of the low-side MOSFET as close as possible.

Minimizing the impedance with wide layout plane be-

tween the two pads reduces the voltage bounce of

the node.

• Decoupling capacitor, the resistor dividers, boot

capacitors, and current-limit stetting resistor should

be close to their pins. (For example, place the

decoupling ceramic capacitor near the drain of the

high-side MOSFET as close as possible. The bulk

capacitors are also placednear the drain.)

• The input capacitor should be near the drain of the

upper MOSFET; the high quality ceramic decoupling

capacitor can be put close to the VCC and GND pins;

the output capacitor should be near the loads. The

input capacitor GND should be close to the output ca-

pacitor GND and the lower MOSFET GND.

• The drain of the MOSFETs (V

IN and PHASEx nodes)

should be a large plane for heat sinking. And PHASEx

pin traces are also the return path for UGATEx. Con-

nect these pins to the respective converter’s upper

MOSFET source.

• The controller used ripple mode control. Build the re-

sistor divider close to the FB1 pin so that the high

impedance trace is shorter when the output voltage is

in adjustable mode. And the FB1 pin traces can’t be

close to the switching signal traces (UGATEx, LGATEx,

BOOTx, and PHASEx).

• The PGND trace should be a separate trace, and in-

dependently go to the source of the low-side MOSFETs

for current-limit accuracy.

TQFN4x4-24A

0.5mm

0.25mm

0.46mm

4mm

* Just Recommend

0.5mm *

4mm

2.25mm

0.4mm

ThermalVia

diameter

0.3mm X 4

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