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| TI Analog eLab: PCB Layout Techniques for Switching Regulators |
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Overview:
As system voltages decrease and currents increase, engineers are moving away from the traditional three-terminal regulator to a more efficient power conversion technique; namely, a high frequency switching regulator.
The standard three-terminal linear regulator can be placed on a PCB with little thought and few, if any, issues. Switching regulators, however, are quite different.
As the name suggests, these "new "regulators use high-frequency switching techniques to convert from one voltage level to another. Switching techniques create high voltage and current slew rates. High slew rates interact with PCB parasitics and can wreak havoc on system performance.
This e-Lab is designed to help the systems engineer avoid the pitfalls of poor PCB layout. The discussion will demonstrate how to minimize parasitic components when laying out the PCB and how to determine what traces create noise and what traces are susceptible to noise within a switching regulator. Also included is some basic information for laying out a switching regulator and how to place and route the power train and control. With this information, the design engineer should be able to avoid the most common issue when using a switching regulator-noise.
Presented by:
Richard Garvey
Richard Garvey holds an honors degree in Electronic Engineering from the University of Dublin, Ireland. He has 20 years experience in the design and development of switching power supplies and dc/dc converters. He is currently an Applications Manager at Texas Instruments where he is responsible for power supply and dc/dc controller products. Previously, he was the Director of Engineering at Artesyn Technologies responsible for microprocessor power products. At Artesyn Technologies in Ireland, he developed power supplies for the telecommunications industry. Prior to Artesyn Technologies, Richard worked on power supplies for transmissions systems at AT&T Network Systems in the Netherlands.
Pat Hunter, Technology Specialist - Power
Avnet Electronics
Pat joined Avnet in April, 2005 as a FAE in the Raleigh, NC market and was promoted to the Technical Marketing role of Technology Specialist - Power in April 2006. Prior to his 12 years in electronics sales, Pat was a design engineer and holds a BSEE from UNCC located in Charlotte, NC.
Moderator:
Wm. P. (Bill) Klein
P.E., Senior Applications Engineer
High Performance Linear Division
Texas Instruments
Bill is a Senior Applications Engineer with the High Performance Linear Division at TI-Tucson. He joined TI through its acquisition of Burr-Brown in August 2000. In addition to a BSEE from Arizona State University and registration as a Professional Engineer in the State of Arizona, he has authored over 50 magazine articles, application notes and conference papers. His experience as an analog circuit designer covers a span of 30 years in fields ranging from mineral exploration to medical nuclear imaging.
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Texas Instruments Analog eLAB
Texas Instruments is a global semiconductor company and the world's leading designer and supplier of digital signal processing and analog technologies, the engines driving the digitalization of electronics. Texas Instruments provides innovative technologies to more than 30,000 customers in the computer, wireless communications, networking, Internet, consumer, digital motor control and mass storage markets worldwide. To help customers get to market faster, TI also offers easy-to-use development tools and extensive software and hardware support. |
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