SLLSEE5D february 2013 – july 2023 TUSB8040A1
PRODUCTION DATA
Most TUSB8040A1 customers will use thru-hole USB 3.0 standard connectors with mounting pegs soldered into the board for more rigid connections. The thru-hole connectors allow differential pairs to be routed on the bottom layer of the EVM without requiring any vias to the top layer at the connector. Routing on the bottom layer of the EVM to the thru-hole connector can reduce the stub length caused by the thru-hole pins.
The outside shield of the connector should be tied to chassis ground to provide a low impedance path to the chassis ground for ESD current. If galvanic isolation is required, the outside shield should be isolated from digital ground with a parallel combination of a 1-MΩ resistor and capacitors of 0.1 μF and 0.001 μF. Pins 4 and 7 of the USB 3.0 connector should be connected to digital ground. Both of these pins should be connected directly to the board ground plane as close to the connector as possible.