Datasheet

High
Frequency
Current
Path
L1
R1
C3
C1
C2
PGND
SW
V
BAT
BAT
V
IN
CurrentDirection
ToSRP -SRNpin
R
SNS
CurrentSensingDirection
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7. Route the analog ground separately from the power ground and use a single ground connection to tie the
charger power ground to the charger analog ground. Just beneath the IC, use copper pour for analog
ground, but avoid the power pins to reduce inductive and capacitive noise coupling. Connect the analog
ground to GND. Connect the analog ground and power ground together using the thermal pad as the single
ground connection point. Or use a 0-Ω resistor to tie the analog ground to power ground (the thermal pad
should tie to analog ground in this case). A star connection under the thermal pad is highly recommended.
8. It is critical that the exposed thermal pad on the back side of the IC package be soldered to the PCB ground.
Ensure that there are sufficient thermal vias directly under the IC connecting to the ground plane on the other
layers.
9. Place decoupling capacitors next to the IC pins, and make trace connections as short as possible.
10. All via sizes and numbers should be enough for a given current path.
Figure 19. High Frequency Current Path
Figure 20. Sensing Resistor PCB Layout
See the EVM design (SLUU410) for the recommended component placement with trace and via locations.
For QFN information, see SCBA017 and SLUA271.
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