12.1 Layout Guidelines
- Keep the connections between the bypass capacitors and the power supply on the device as short as possible.
- Ground the other side of the capacitor using a low impedance connection to the ground plane.
- If the capacitors are mounted on the back side, 0402 components can be employed; however, soldering to the Thermal Dissipation Pad can be difficult.
- For component side mounting, use 0201 body size capacitors to facilitate signal routing.
NOTE
The device must be soldered to ground (VSS) using as many ground vias as possible. The device performance will be severely impacted if the exposed thermal pad is not grounded appropriately.