Current loop design for PCB with or without ground plane

For the current loop, you need to pay attention to the following basic items:

1. If you use a trace, you should make it as thick as possible

When considering the grounding connection on the PCB, the design should be as thick as possible. This is a good rule of thumb, but be aware that the minimum width of the ground wire is the effective width from this point to the end, where "end" refers to the point furthest from the power connection.

2. Ground loops should be avoided

3. If the ground plane cannot be used, a star connection strategy should be used (see Figure 6).

In this way, the ground current is independently returned to the power supply connection. In Figure 6, it is noted that not all devices have their own loops, U1 and U2 are shared loops. This can be done by following the guidelines in Articles 4 and 5 below.

4. Digital current should not flow through the analog device

When the digital device is switched, the digital current in the loop is quite large, but only instantaneous. This phenomenon is caused by the effective inductance and impedance of the ground. For the inductive part of the ground plane or ground trace, the formula is V = Ldi/dt, where V is the generated voltage, L is the inductive reactance of the ground plane or ground trace, di is the current change of the digital device, dt is duration. The influence on the ground impedance portion is calculated as V = RI, where V is the generated voltage, R is the impedance of the ground plane or ground trace, and I is the current change caused by the digital device. These voltage changes across the ground plane or ground trace of the analog device will change the relationship between the signal and ground in the signal chain (ie, the voltage to ground of the signal).

5. High speed current should not flow through low speed devices

Similar to the above, the ground return signal of the high speed circuit also causes the voltage of the ground plane to change. The calculation formula for this interference is the same as above, for the inductive reactance of the ground plane or ground trace, V = Ldi/dt; for the impedance of the ground plane or ground trace, V = RI. As with digital currents, when the ground plane or ground trace of a high-speed circuit passes through an analog device, the voltage change on the ground line changes the relationship between the signal and ground in the signal chain.

Figure 4 shows the top layer of the circuit board designed with the manual schematic as shown in Figure 3.

Figure 5 shows the bottom layer of the circuit board designed by the schematic diagram shown in Figure 3.

Figure 6 If the ground plane cannot be used, the “star” routing strategy can be used to handle the current loop.

Figure 7 is separated by a ground plane that is sometimes more effective than a continuous ground plane. Figure b) The grounding strategy is better than the grounding strategy of Figure a)

6. Regardless of the technology used, the ground loop must be designed for minimum impedance and capacitive reactance

7. If the ground plane is used, separating the ground plane may improve or reduce the circuit performance, so use it with caution.

An effective method of separating the analog and digital ground planes is shown in Figure 7.

In Figure 7, the precision analog circuit is closer to the connector, but is isolated from the switching currents of the digital network and the power circuit. This is a very efficient way to separate the ground loops, and we have used this technique in the wiring of Figures 4 and 5 discussed earlier.

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Lead free piezo material BaTiO3

Lead-free Material

Properties

BaTiO3

Dielectric Constant

ɛTr3

1260

Coupling factor

KP

0.34

K31

0.196

K33

0.43

Kt

0.32

Piezoelectric coefficient

d31

10-12m/v

-60

d33

10-12m/v

160

g31

10-3vm/n

-5.4

g33

10-3vm/n

14.3

Frequency coefficients

Np

3180

N1

2280

N3

Nt

2675

Elastic compliance coefficient

Se11

10-12m2/n

8.4

Machanical quality factor

Qm

1200

Dielectric loss factor

Tg δ

%

0.5

Density

ρ

g/cm3

5.6

Curie Temperature

Tc

°C

115

Young's modulus

YE11

<109N/m3

119

Poison Ratio

0.33


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