To confirm isolation performance
between the primary and secondary side, one must avoid placing any PCB traces or
copper below the driver device. PCB cutting or scoring beneath the IC are not
recommended, since this can severely exacerbate board warping and twisting
issues.
For half-bridge, or
high-side/low-side configurations, where the channel A and channel B drivers can
operate with a DC-link voltage up to 700VDC, one must try to increase
the creepage distance of the PCB layout between the high and low-side PCB
traces.