The performance of any switching converter depends as much on the layout of the PCB as the component selection. The following guidelines can help you design a PCB with the best power converter performance.
- Place ceramic high-frequency bypass capacitors as close as possible to the TPS92520-Q1 VIN and PGND pins. Grounding for both the input and output capacitors must consist of localized top side planes that connect to the PGND pins.
- Place bypass capacitors for V5D and V5A close to the pins and ground the capacitors to device ground.
- Differentially route the CSP and CSN pins to sense resistor. Route the traces away from noisy nodes, preferably through a layer on the other side of a shielding/ground layer.
- Use ground plane in one of the middle layers for noise shielding.
- Make VIN and ground connection as wide as possible. This reduces any voltage drops on the input of the converter and maximizes efficiency.