TI recommends the following to achieve good thermal connectivity:
- A minimum of four power and ground planes
- ZDQ package = 1oz copper
power planes and 2oz copper ground planes
- ZEK package = 1oz copper
power planes and 1oz copper ground planes
- A copper plane beneath the thermal ball array containing a via farm with the following attributes
- Copper plane area (top side of PCB, under package)
- ZDQ package =
8.0mm × 8.0mm
- ZEK package =
4.8mm × 4.8mm
- Copper plane area (bottom side of PCB, opposite of package)
- ZDQ package =
6.0mm × 6.0mm
- ZEK package =
4.8mm × 4.8mm
- Thermal via quantity
- ZDQ package = 7 × 7 array of vias
- ZEK package = 5 × 5 array of vias
- Thermal via size
- ZDQ package =
0.25mm (10 mils)
- ZEK package =
0.203mm (8 mils)
- Thermal via plating thickness
- ZDQ package =
0.05mm (2 mils) wall thickness
- ZEK package =
0.025mm (1 mils) wall thickness
- PCB copper coverage per layer
- Power and ground layers: 90% minimum coverage
- Top/bottom signal layers (ground fill to achieve coverage): 70% minimum
coverage with 1.5oz copper