Datasheet

TPA3113D2

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SLOS650E –AUGUST 2009–REVISED JULY 2012

Printed-Circuit Board (PCB) Layout

The TPA3113D2 can be used with a small, inexpensive ferrite bead output filter for most applications. However,

since the Class-D switching edges are fast, it is necessary to take care when planning the layout of the printed

circuit board. The following suggestions will help to meet EMC requirements.

• Decoupling capacitors—The high-frequency decoupling capacitors should be placed as close to the PVCC

and AVCC terminals as possible. Large (220 µF or greater) bulk power supply decoupling capacitors should

be placed near the TPA3113D2 on the PVCCL and PVCCR supplies. Local, high-frequency bypass

capacitors should be placed as close to the PVCC pins as possible. These caps can be connected to the

thermal pad directly for an excellent ground connection. Consider adding a small, good quality low ESR

ceramic capacitor between 220 pF and 1000 pF and a larger mid-frequency cap of value between 0.1μF and

1μF also of good quality to the PVCC connections at each end of the chip.

• Keep the current loop from each of the outputs through the ferrite bead and the small filter cap and back to

PGND as small and tight as possible. The size of this current loop determines its effectiveness as an

antenna.

• Grounding—The AVCC (pin 7) decoupling capacitor should be grounded to analog ground (AGND). The

PVCC decoupling capacitors should connect to PGND. Analog ground and power ground should be

connected at the thermal pad, which should be used as a central ground connection or star ground for the

TPA3113D2.

• Output filter—The ferrite EMI filter (Figure 39) should be placed as close to the output terminals as possible

for the best EMI performance. The LC filter (Figure 37 and Figure 38) should be placed close to the outputs.

The capacitors used in both the ferrite and LC filters should be grounded to power ground.

• Thermal Pad—The thermal pad must be soldered to the PCB for proper thermal performance and optimal

reliability. The dimensions of the thermal pad and thermal land should be 6.46 mm by 2.35mm. Seven rows of

solid vias (three vias per row, 0,3302 mm or 13 mils diameter) should be equally spaced underneath the

thermal land. The vias should connect to a solid copper plane, either on an internal layer or on the bottom

layer of the PCB. The vias must be solid vias, not thermal relief or webbed vias. See the TI Application

Report SLMA002 for more information about using the TSSOP thermal pad. For recommended PCB

footprints, see figures at the end of this data sheet.

For an example layout, see the TPA3113D2 Evaluation Module (TPA3113D2EVM) User Manual. Both the EVM

user manual and the thermal pad application report are available on the TI Web site at http://www.ti.com.

Product Folder Link(s) :TPA3113D2