MAX1716/MAX1854/MAX1855
High-Speed, Adjustable, Synchronous Step-Down
Controllers with Integrated Voltage Positioning
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3) Group the gate-drive components (BST diode and
capacitor, V
DD
bypass capacitor) together near the
controller IC.
4) Make the DC-DC controller ground connections as
shown in Figure 1. This diagram can be viewed as
having three separate ground planes: output ground,
where all the high-power components go; the GND
plane, where the GND pin and V
DD
bypass capaci-
tors go; and an analog ground plane where sensitive
analog components go. The analog ground plane
and GND plane must meet only at a single point
directly beneath the IC. These two planes are then
connected to the high-power output ground with a
short connection from GND to the source of the low-
side MOSFET (the middle of the star ground). This
point must also be very close to the output capacitor
ground terminal.
5) Connect the output power planes (V
CORE
and sys-
tem ground planes) directly to the output filter
capacitor positive and negative terminals with multi-
ple vias. Place the entire DC-DC converter circuit as
close to the CPU as is practical.
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