The printed-circuit-board (PCB) layout is an important step to maintain the high performance of the device.
- The input/output capacitors and the inductor must be placed as close as possible to the IC. This keeps the power traces short. Routing these power traces direct and wide results in low trace resistance and low parasitic inductance.
- The low side of the input and output capacitors must be connected properly to the PGND to avoid a GND potential shift.
- The sense traces connected to the VOS pin is a signal trace. Special care must be taken to avoid noise being induced. Keep the trace away from SW.
- Refer to Figure 11-1 for an example of component placement, routing, and thermal design.