Attention to good layout practices is always recommended. For best operational performance of the device, use good PCB layout practices, including:
- Make sure that both input paths are well-matched
for source impedance and capacitance to avoid converting common-mode signals
into differential signals.
- Noise propagates into analog circuitry through the power pins of the circuit as a whole and of the device. Bypass capacitors reduce the coupled noise by providing low-impedance power sources local to the analog circuitry.
- Connect low-ESR, 0.1µF ceramic bypass capacitors
between each supply pin and ground and place the
capacitors as close as possible to the device. A
single bypass capacitor from V+ to ground is
applicable for single-supply applications.
- To reduce parasitic coupling, run the input traces as far away from the supply or output traces as possible. If these traces cannot be kept separate, crossing the sensitive trace perpendicular is much better than in parallel with the noisy trace.
- Place the external components as close to the
device as possible. As shown in Figure 8-6.
- Keep the traces as short as possible.