AN11524
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Application note
Rev. 1 — 17 February 2015
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NXP Semiconductors
AN11524
NXQ1TXA6 Evaluation Board
8.3 Power stage
Separate ground planes are used for the system ground (GND) and the power stage
ground (GNDI). It avoids crosstalk on sensitive signals which could otherwise result in
erratic system behavior.
It is important to tie the two ground planes together at only ONE point. Having several tie
points makes the purpose of separating the grounds useless. Do not have any other
non-related signals in the area of the power ground plane.
Keep the current loops, shown in green in
, compact to minimize radiation. Place
the decoupling capacitor (C203), at the VDD supply pin of the NWP2081 (U201), close to
the IC.
Single the point system - power grounds
Fig 22. Half bridge driver stage of coil 1
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GNDI
GNDI
GNDI
+12 V
GNDI
GNDI
GNDI
GND
NODEBRIDGE
Single tie point system to power ground
1
VDD
C203
C207
R206
R205
C208
n.c.
C211
L1-1
C210
C209
n.c.
R209
CL1T
CL1C
COIL1T
COIL1C
G
G
D
S
U201
GND
SD
CLK
GL
[1, 3, 4]
IS-
[1, 3, 4]
PWM_HIN
[1]
EN_HB1
[5]
UC1_2
SH
GH
FS
2
3
4
8
7
6
5
D
S
NWP2081
T203
T204
GNDI
C214
n.c.
C213
n.c.
GNDI
C216
GNDI
C217
C205
R203
T201
Fig 23. PCB layout of half-bridge driver of coil 1 in NXQ1TXA6 evaluation board
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single tie point for the system
and power grounds
compact current loops,
decoupling capacitors close by