EVAL-AD7327CB AD [Analog Devices], EVAL-AD7327CB Datasheet - Page 34

• Manufacturer Part Number: EVAL-AD7327CB
• Description: 500 kSPS, 8-Channel, Software-Selectable, True Bipolar Input, 12-Bit Plus Sign ADC
• Manufacturer: AD [Analog Devices]

AD7327
APPLICATION HINTS
LAYOUT AND GROUNDING
The printed circuit board that houses the AD7327 should be
designed so that the analog and digital sections are confined to
certain areas of the board. This design facilitates the use of
ground planes that can easily be separated.
To provide optimum shielding for ground planes, a minimum
etch technique is generally best. All AGND pins on the AD7327
should be connected to the AGND plane. Digital and analog
ground pins should be joined in only one place. If the AD7327
is in a system where multiple devices require an AGND and
DGND connection, the connection should still be made at only
one point. A star point should be established as close as possible
to the ground pins on the AD7327.
Good connections should be made to the power and ground
planes. This can be done with a single via or multiple vias for
each supply and ground pin.
Avoid running digital lines under the AD7327 device because
this couples noise onto the die. However, the analog ground
plane should be allowed to run under the AD7327 to avoid
noise coupling. The power supply lines to the AD7327 device
should use as large a trace as possible to provide low impedance
paths and reduce the effects of glitches on the power supply line.
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To avoid radiating noise to other sections of the board, com-
ponents, such as clocks, with fast switching signals should be
shielded with digital ground and never run near the analog inputs.
Avoid crossover of digital and analog signals. To reduce the effects
of feedthrough within the board, traces should be run at right
angles to each other. A microstrip technique is the best method,
but its use may not be possible with a double-sided board. In
this technique, the component side of the board is dedicated to
ground planes, and signals are placed on the other side.
Good decoupling is also important. All analog supplies should
be decoupled with 10 μF tantalum capacitors in parallel with
0.1 μF capacitors to AGND. To achieve the best results from
these decoupling components, they must be placed as close as
possible to the device, ideally right up against the device. The
0.1 μF capacitors should have a low effective series resistance
(ESR) and low effective series inductance (ESI), such as is
typical of common ceramic and surface mount types of
capacitors. These low ESR, low ESI capacitors provide a low
impedance path to ground at high frequencies to handle
transient currents due to internal logic switching.