DLPS082 February 2017 DLPA100
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In this case, the PWB has an isolated ground layer around the DLPA100 circuit which serves as a “noisy” ground for the motor driver, switchers, and linear regulators. This plane can be subdivided into isolated sections around each switcher, linear regulator and motor block to minimize the possibility of noise crosstalk between the regulator circuits. See Figure 6. Each isolated section should be connected in a “star” configuration at the DLPA100 thermal pad position. An additional “quiet” solid ground plane should be provided on a separate layer for reference to the sensitive blocks of the DLPA100 device and other sensitive external circuitry. The sensitive pins on the DLPA100 device are pins 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, and 48. The quiet ground plane should connect to the DLPA100 device with the array of thermal vias.