With the provision to locate the controller as
close as possible to the power MOSFETs to minimize
gate driver trace runs, the components related to
the analog and feedback signals as well as current
sensing are considered in the following:
- Separate power and signal traces, and use a
ground plane to provide noise shielding.
- Place all sensitive analog traces and components related to COMP1/2, FB1/2,
CS1/2, SS1/2, RES, and RT away from high-voltage switching nodes such as
SW1/2, HO1/2, LO1/2, or HB1/2 to avoid mutual coupling. Use internal layer
or layers as ground plane or planes. Pay particular attention to shielding
the feedback (FB) trace from power traces and components.
- Locate the upper and lower feedback resistors (if required) close to the
respective FB pins, keeping the FB traces as short as possible. Route the
trace from the upper feedback resistor or resistors to the required output
voltage sense point or points at the load or loads.
- Route the CS1/2 and VOUT1/2 traces as
differential pairs to minimize noise pickup and
use Kelvin connections to the applicable shunt
resistor (if shunt current sensing is used) or to
the sense capacitor (if inductor DCR current
sensing is used).
- Minimize the loop area from the VCC1/2 and VIN
pins through their respective decoupling
capacitors to the relevant PGND pins. Locate these
capacitors as close as possible to the LM25143.