Before beginning a design using the device,
consider the following:
- A 0402 sized 0.01-µF to 0.1-µF decoupling
capacitor must be placed as close as possible to
the VIN and PGND pins to decouple high frequency
noise and help reduce switch node ringing. Larger
VIN decoupling capacitors must be placed as
close as possible to VIN and PGND pins behind this
capacitor to further minimize the input AC-current
loop.
- Place the power components (including input and
output capacitors, the inductor, and the IC) on
the solder side of the PCB. In order to shield and
isolate the small signal traces from noisy power
lines, insert and connect at least one inner plane
to ground.
- All sensitive analog traces and components such
as FB, PGOOD, TRIP, MODE, and SS/REFIN must be
placed away from high-voltage switching nodes such
as SW and BOOT to avoid coupling. Use internal
layers as ground planes and shield the feedback
trace from power traces and components.
- Place the feedback resistor near the device to
minimize the FB trace distance.
- Place the OCP-setting resistor (RTRIP)
and mode-setting resistor (RMODE) close
to the device. Use the common AGND via to connect
the resistors to the VCC PGND plane if
applicable.
- Place the VCC decoupling capacitors as close as
possible to the device. If multiple capacitors are
used, provide PGND vias for each decoupling
capacitor and ensure the return path is as small
as possible.
- Keep the switch node connections from pins 2 and
11 to the inductor as short and wide as
possible.
- Use separate traces to connect SW node to the
bootstrap capacitor and RC snubber, if used,
instead of combining them into one connection.
Keep both the BOOT and snubber paths short for low
inductance and the best possible performance.
Also, to minimize inductance, avoid using vias for
the RC snubber routing and use very wide traces.
To be most effective, the RC snubber must be
connected between a large SW copper shape and
large PGND copper shape on the same side of the
PCB as the TPS54J061.
- Avoid connecting AGND to the PCB ground plane
(PGND) in a high current path where significant IR
and L*dI/dt drops can occur.