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1 PCB DESIGN • General • Analog Ckts • Digital Ckts • Artwork <<< >>> 2 Topics 1.General Considerations in Layout Design 2.Layout Design for Analog Circuits 3.Layout Design for Digital Circuits 4. Artwork Considerations References W.C. Bosshart, Printed Circuit Boards: Design and Technology, TMH, 1992 C.F. Coombs : Printed Circuits Handbook , McGraw-Hill, 2001 R.S. Khandpur : Printed Circuit Boards : Design, Fabrication, and Assembly, McGraw-Hill, 2005. • General • Analog Ckts • Digital Ckts • Artwork <<< >>> 3 1. GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS IN LAYOUT DESIGN Main issues • Component interconnections • Physical accessibility of components • Effects of parasitics • Power dissipation Subtopics 1.1 Parasitic effects 1.2 Supply conductors 1.3 Component placement • General • Analog Ckts • Digital Ckts • Artwork <<< >>> 4 1.1 Parasitic Effects R & L of conductor tracks C between conductor tracks Resistance Resistance of 35 μm thickness, 1 mm wide conductor = 5 mΩ/cm Change in Cu resistance with temperature = 0.4% / °C Current carrying capacity of 35 μm thickness Cu conductor (for 10 °C temperature rise): Width (mm) 1 4 10 Ic (A) 2 4 11 • General • Analog Ckts • Digital Ckts • Artwork <<< >>> 5 Capacitance • Tracks opposite each other - Run supply lines above each other - Don’t let signal line tracks overlap for any significant distance • Tracks next to each other - Increase the spacing between critical conductors - Run ground between signal lines Inductance To be considered in • High frequency analog circuits • Fast switching logic circuits • General • Analog Ckts • Digital Ckts • Artwork <<< >>> 6 1.2 Supply Conductors Unstable supply & ground due to • Resistive voltage drop • Voltage drop caused by track L and high freq. current • Current spikes during logic switching local rise in ground potential & fall in Vcc potential possibility of false logic triggering. Solutions • Conductor widths : W (ground) > W (supply) > W(signal) • Ground plane • Track configuration for distributed C between Vcc & ground • Analog & digital ground (&supply) connected at the most stable point • General • Analog Ckts • Digital Ckts • Artwork <<< >>> 7 1.3 Component Placement • Minimize critical conductor lengths & overall conductor length • Component grouping according to connectivity • Same direction & orientation for similar components • Space around heat sinks • Packing density • Uniform • Accessibility for • adjustments • component replacement • test points • Separation of heat sensitive and heat producing components • Mechanical fixing of heavy components • General • Analog Ckts • Digital Ckts • Artwork <<< >>> 8 2. LAYOUT DESIGN FOR ANALOG CIRCUITS • Supply and ground conductors • Signal conductors for reducing the inductive and capacitive coupling • Special considerations for • Power output stage circuits • High gain direct coupled circuits • HF oscillator /amplifier • Low level signal circuits • General • Analog Ckts • Digital Ckts • Artwork <<< >>> 9 2.1 Ground & Supply Lines • Separate GND (& Vcc) lines for analog & digital circuits • Independent ground for reference voltage circuits • Connect different ground conductors at most stable reference point • Supply lines with sufficient width and high capacitive coupling to GND (use decoupling capacitors) • Supply line should first connect to high current drain ckt blocks • Supply line independent for voltage references • General • Analog Ckts • Digital Ckts • Artwork <<< >>> 10 2.2 HF Oscillator / Amplifier • Decoupling capacitor between Vcc & GND Capacitive load on o/p • Reduce capacitive coupling between output & input lines • Vcc decoupling for large BW ckts. (even for LF operation) • Separation between signal & GND to reduce capacitive loading • General • Analog Ckts • Digital Ckts • Artwork <<< >>> 11 2.3 Circuits with High Power O/P Stage Resistance due to track length & solder joints modulation of Vcc & GND and low freq. oscillations • Large decoupling capacitors • Separate Vcc & GND for power & pre- amp stages • General • Analog Ckts • Digital Ckts • Artwork <<< >>> 12 2.4 High Gain DC Amplifier Solder joints thermocouple jn Temp gradients diff. noisy voltages • Temp.gradients to be avoided • Enclosure for stopping free movement of surrounding air • General • Analog Ckts • Digital Ckts • Artwork <<< >>> 13 2.5 Low Level Signal Circuits A) High impedance circuits - Capacitive coupling B) Low impedance circuits - Inductive coupling • General • Analog Ckts • Digital Ckts • Artwork <<< >>> 14 High -Z circuits If R » 1∕ jw(Cxy+Cy) then coupled Vy = Va × [Cxy/(Cy+Cxy)] • Increase separation between low level high Z line and high level line (decrease Cxy) • Put a ground line between the two (guard line) Example: Guard for signal leakage from FET output to input • General • Analog Ckts • Digital Ckts • Artwork <<< >>> 15 Low – Z Circuits • Voltage induced in ground loops due to external magnetic fields • Current caused in the low- Z circuit loop due to strong AC currents in nearby circuits Vm= - (d/dt) B dA • Avoid ground loops • Keep high current ac lines away from low level,low Z circuit loops • Keep circuit loop areas small • General • Analog Ckts • Digital Ckts • Artwork <<< >>> 16 3. LAYOUT DESIGN FOR DIGITAL CIRCUITS Main problems • Ground & supply line noise • Cross-talk between neighboring signal lines • Reflections : signal delays, double pulsing • General • Analog Ckts • Digital Ckts • Artwork <<< >>> 17 3.1 Ground & Supply Line Noise Noise generated due to current spikes during logic level switching, drawn from Vcc and returned to ground • Internal spike: charging & discharging of transistor junction capacitances in IC ( 20 mA, 5ns in TTL) • External spike: charging & discharging of output load capacitance Ground potential increases, Vcc decreases: improper logic triggering. Problem more severe for synchronous circuits. Severity of problem (increasing): CMOS, ECL, TTL. • General • Analog Ckts • Digital Ckts • Artwork <<< >>> 18 Solution for ground & supply noise • Decoupling C between Vcc & ground for every 2 to 3 IC’s : ceramic, low L cap. of 10 nf for TTL & 0.5 nF for ECL & CMOS •Stabilizes Vcc-GND (helps against internal spikes • Not much help for external spikes • Low wave impedance between supply lines (20 ohms): 5 to 10 mm wide lines opposite each other as power tracks • Ground plane : large Cu area for ground to stabilize it against external spikes • Closely knit grid of ground conductors (will form ground loops, not to be used for analog circuits) • Twist Vcc & GND line between PCBs • General • Analog Ckts • Digital Ckts • Artwork <<< >>> 19 3.2 Cross-talk • Occurs due to parallel running signal lines (ECL: 10cm,TTL: 20 cm, CMOS: 50 cm) • Problem more severe for logic signals flowing in opposite directions Solutions • Reduce long parallel paths • Increase separation betw. signal lines • Decrease impedance betw. signal & ground lines • Run a ground track between signal lines • General • Analog Ckts • Digital Ckts • Artwork <<< >>> 20 3.3 Reflections Caused by mismatch between the logic output impedance & the wave impedance of signal tracks. • Signal delay (low wave imp.) • Double pulses (high wave imp.) TTL (Z: 100 - 150 ) 0.5 mm signal line with GND plane, 1 mm without GND plane. Signal lines between PCBs twisted with GND lines. ECL (Z: 50 ) 1 - 3 mm signal line with GND plane, or nearby gnd conductor. CMOS (Z: 150 – 300 ) 0.5 mm signal line without GND plane. Gnd not close to signal lines. • General • Analog Ckts • Digital Ckts • Artwork <<< >>> 21 Summary of Layout Design Considerations (for 1.6 mm thickness, double sided boards) Logic Family: Signal–GND Zw () TTL 100 - 150 ECL 50 - 100 CMOS 150 - 300 Signal line width (mm) 0.5 with gnd 1, no gnd 1 - 3 with gnd 0.5, no gnd Vcc -GND Zw () <5 < 10 < 20 Vcc line (mm) GND line (mm) 5 Very broad (plane /grid) 2 to 3 Broad (plane/grid) 2 5 • General • Analog Ckts • Digital Ckts • Artwork <<< >>> 22 4. ARTWORK RULES Conductor orientation • Orientation for shortest interconnection length. • Conductor tracks on opposite sides in x-direction & ydirection to minimize via holes. • 45° or 30° / 60° orientation for turns. Conductor Routing • Begin and end at solder pads, join conductors for reducing interconnection length. • Avoid interconnections with internal angle <60°. • Distribute spacing between conductors . • General • Analog Ckts • Digital Ckts • Artwork <<< >>> 23 Conductor routing examples • General • Analog Ckts • Digital Ckts • Artwork <<< >>> 24 Solder Pads Hole dia • Reduce the number of different sizes. • 0.2 - 0.5 mm clearance for lead dia. Solder pad • Annular ring width ≥ 0.5 mm with PTH ≈ 3 × hole dia without PTH • Uniformity of ring around the hole. • Conductor width d > w > d/3. • General • Analog Ckts • Digital Ckts • Artwork <<< >>> 25 • General • Analog Ckts • Digital Ckts • Artwork <<< >>>