Figure 7-8 shows an example layout of representing part of Figure 7-3 circuit schematic. In general, keep good layout practices. Keep traces short and, when
possible, use a printed-circuit board (PCB) ground plane with surface-mount components
placed as close to the device pins as possible.
- Place a 0.1µF power supply bypass
capacitor close to the V+ pin.
- Use a low-ESR ceramic bypass
capacitor.
- Shorten routes to INP and INN pins, and keep them away from noisy nodes, like supply
line.
- Keep R2 close to the L− pin,
and provide low impedance path for R2 to the GND plane.
- Keep XTR100 away from heat sources on board to avoid creating
thermal gradients.
If the user wants to have XTR100 board layout compatible with 5-pins DBV op amp footprint, use
the layout in Figure 7-9. Two extra resistors are added to the layout, one at the input and one between input and
L−.
- When using XTR100 put 0Ω at the input, and leave the R1 placeholder
unpopulated.
- When using an op amp with 5p DBV package,
put R1 and RIN in the indicated placeholders. The op amp is not
connected to L− in this case.