Heavy Copper PCBs in Base Stations: Design and Manufacturing
In power distribution PCBs for base stations, a multilayer design is often necessary to separate power and signal layers. Heavy copper can be used on power layers (inner or
A preferred power supply architecture for DSL applications is illustrated in Fig. 2. A push-pull converter is used to convert the 48V input voltage to +/-12V and to provide electrical isolation. Synchronous buck converters powered off of the +12V rail generate various low-voltage outputs.
In a 3G Base Station application, two converters are used to provide the +27V distribution bus voltage during normal conditions and power outages.
Low profile power supply design usually includes printed circuit board (planar) power transformers and output inductors and surface mount input and output capacitors. Multiple output power supplies are often implemented with a multi-output flyback converter.
The DSL power system may supply both higher voltage analog line drivers and amplifiers (typ. +/-12V) and several low voltage supplies required by the digital ASIC (+5V, +3.3V, +1.8V, +1.5V).
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