A quad package on a 2 layer board is one of the more annoying layout problems, except just be glad you're not dealing with a BGA. On the chip side, fan out all the traces at least 1 cm away from the chip, terminating at vias...consider the vias to be the start of your routing, not the pins on the chip. Don't bring out any logic vias under the chip, this leaves you maneuvering room. Run wide VSS and VDD traces on the non-chip side of the board to a 10 to 50 ufd Tantalum located right under the chip. From the leads of the Tantalum, spider out individual traces to each of the VDD/VSS pairs, with at least a 100nf capacitor located as near as possible to each pair. This individual decoupling of each VDD/VSS pair is essential. Remember your reputation rides on your product, take whatever time needed to do it right. A major point is to try to mount all the discretes on the side opposite the chips, this makes your topside fanouts and routing a lot easier to deal with, and the board fab will love you much more if you're going that route. Bill T. http://www.kupercontrols.com
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Re: VSS and VDD lines
2005-02-08 by tonalbuilder2002
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