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BOARD LAYOUT
39/51
Release B
This is preliminary information on a new product now in development or undergoing evaluation. Details are subject to change without notice.
When considering thermal dissipation, the most
important - and not the more obvious - part of the
layout is the connection between the ground balls
and the ground layer.
A 1-wire connection is shown in Figure 6-2. The
use of a 8-mil wire results in a thermal resistance
of 105
°
C/W assuming copper is used (418 W/
m.
°
K). This high value is due to the thickness (34
μ
m) of the copper on theexternal side of the PCB.
Considering only the central matrix of 36 thermal
balls and one via for each ball, the global thermal
resistance is 2.9
°
C/W. This can be easily im-
proved using four 10 mil wires to connect to the
four vias around the ground pad link as in Figure
6-3. This gives a total of 49 vias and a global re-
sistance for the 36 thermal balls of 0.6
°
C/W.
The use of a ground plane like in Figure 6-4 is
even better.
To avoid solder wickingover to the via padsduring
soldering, it is important to have a solder mask of
4 mil around the pad (NSMD pad), this gives a di-
ameter of 33mil for a 25 mil ground pad.
To obtain the optimum ground layout, place the
vias directly under the ball pads. In this case no lo-
cal boar d distortion is tolerated.
The thickness of the copper on PCB layers is typ-
ically 34
μ
m for external layers and 17
μ
m for inter-
nal layers. That means thermal dissipation is not
good and temperature of the board is concentrat-
ed around the devices and falls quickly with in-
creased distance.
When it is possible to place a metal layer inside
the PCB, this improves dramatically the heat
spreading and hence thermal dissipation of the
board.
Figure 6-2. Recommended 1-wire ground pad layout
Figure 6-3. Recommended 4-wire ground pad layout
Solder Mask (4 mil)
Pad for ground ball (diameter = 25 mil)
Hole to ground layer (diameter = 12 mil)
Connection Wire (width = 10 mil)
Via (diameter = 24 mil)
345ml
1 mil = 0.0254 mm
4 via pads for each ground ball