To achieve optimal electrical and thermal performance, an optimized PCB layout is required. Figure 11-1 and Figure 11-2 show a typical PCB layout. Some considerations for an optimized layout are:
- Use large copper areas for power planes (VIN,
VOUT, and PGND) to minimize conduction loss and thermal stress.
- Place ceramic input and output capacitors close
to the device pins to minimize high-frequency noise.
- Locate additional output capacitors between the
ceramic capacitors and the load.
- Connect AGND to PGND at a single point.
- Place RFBT and RFBB as
close as possible to the FB pin.
- Use multiple vias to connect the power planes to internal layers.