Layout considerations

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Finally, dissipating copper area on the VIPer drain and diodes pins have to be provided, in

order to increase the power dissipation capability and, consequently, reduce the devices

temperature.

The circuit layout is shown in figure 12 for the –12V configuration and in figure 13 for the –

24V configuration. The PCB is the same and includes the options for the two configurations.

Figure 18.

PCB Layout (not in scale). Option nº 1: -12V output voltage

Figure 19.

PCB Layout (not in scale). Option nº 2: -24V output voltage