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PCB Layout
ECE 482 Lecture 7
March 10, 2015
Announcements• Prelab 5 due Thursday
− Decide on System Improvements
• Experiment 4 report moved to Thurs. 3/26
• Midterm after spring break
− Open note, book, instructor
• Today: Experiment 5
− No report; deliverables are layout files
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Lab 5: PCB Layout
Trapezoidal Comm. Implementation
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Circuit Connections
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Basic PCB Layout Concepts
• Trace Parasitics
• Kelvin Connection
• Parasitic Capacitances and Decoupling
• Loop Inductances
• Ground Plane / Return Currents
• Partitioning
Trace Parasitics
Kester, W. “Tips about printed circuit board design: Part 1 ‐ Dealing with harmful PCB effects”
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Trace Sizing Rough Guidelines
Kester, W. “Tips about printed circuit board design: Part 1 ‐ Dealing with harmful PCB effects”
Kelvin Connection
Texas Instruments, “LMP8640/‐Q1/HV Precision High Voltage Current Sense Amplifiers”
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Common Source Inductance
Persson E., “What really limits MOSFET performance: silicon, package, driver or circuit board?”
Gate‐Drain Capacitance
Persson E., “What really limits MOSFET performance: silicon, package, driver or circuit board?”
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High Impedance Nodes and Capacitive Coupling
Analog Devices, “Decoupling Techniques,” MT‐101
Capacitive Shielding
Analog Devices, “Decoupling Techniques,” MT‐101
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Supply Decoupling
Pulsed Circuit Decoupling
Analog Devices, “Decoupling Techniques,” MT‐101
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Decoupling Capacitance
Analog Devices, “Decoupling Techniques,” MT‐101
Decoupling
• Always add bypass capacitor at power supply for any IC/reference
• Use small‐valued (~100nf), low ESR and ESL capacitors (ceramic)
• Limit loop for any di/dt
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Loop Inductances
Loop Inductance: Experiment
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Loop Inductance: Experiment
Current Return at DC Current Return at High Frequency AC
Half Bridge Loop Inductance
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Gate Drive Signal Routing
Complete Routing of Signal
• Always consider return path
• Ground plane can help, but still need to consider the path and optimize
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Buck Example Bridge Layout
Example Bridge Layout #2
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Example Layout Experimental Results
Example Layout #1
Example Layout #2
Star‐Grounding Vs. Daisy Chain
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Another View
Kester, W. “Tips about printed circuit board design: Part 1 ‐ Dealing with harmful PCB effects”
Adding a Ground Plane
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Ground Plane
• Benefits:
− Common reference voltage
− Shielding
− Heat dissipation
− Reduced inductance (increased capacitance)
• Resist urge to cut ground plane as much as possible; consider paths of return currents when cuts are unavoidable
Ground Currents
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A Poor Ground Plane Layout
Cuts in Ground Plane
• Goals: − minimize inductance/loops
− Minimize ground interference
• Routing cuts should be kept short and out of the path of any significant (high frequency) return paths
• Cuts can be used effectively for ground isolation, and to reduce noise coupled between digital/analog/power circuitry
• Reducing parasitic capacitance in sensitive signal locations (i.e. op‐amp circuitry)
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Effective Ground Plane Cuts
Experiment 5: Starting Files
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IGBT Moduleshttp://www.irf.com/product/Motor‐Control‐Solutions‐Motor‐Control‐Modules‐IRAM/_/N~1nje1uhttp://www.onsemi.com/PowerSolutions/parametrics.do?id=407
Low Power MOSFET Moduleshttps://www.apexanalog.com/apex‐products/sa306/http://www.ti.com/lit/ds/symlink/drv8332.pdf
Before selecting any parts, check stock and check with instructor on permissible cost
