The ground plane routing is important when
designing the PCB layout. These planes must be designed to have a proper thermal
dissipation and minimize the parasitic impedance as much as possible. Design tips for
the different ground pins are listed here:
- GND pin 28 must be treated like a
signal, and connected to GND separately through a via. Do not pour GND plane over
pins 27 and 28 together.
- All other ground pins must be shorted
below the package and connected to the PCB ground plane through multiple vias.
- The vias are the best way to carry
heat from the different sections in the board. Since the GND plane will need to
quickly dissipate all the elevated temperatures, it is necessary to add multiple
vias close to the ground pins.
- A maximum 150 pH of parasitic
inductance is recommended. Having many vias reduces the additional impedance and
provides good conduction in both electrical and thermal perspective.
- An entire layer immediately below the
top layer must be dedicated to GND, as best practice.