Author Topic: Is "star Vin" used or useful at all?  (Read 969 times)

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Offline anfangTopic starter

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Is "star Vin" used or useful at all?
« on: September 23, 2016, 09:47:50 am »
The "star GND" configuration is used to avoid ground loops, gain RF immunity and lower resistance/inductance of the circuits.

The existence of star ground makes me wonder is there is a counterpart for the input voltage. Are "star Vin" configurations used in real-world circuits? What are they useful for?
 

Offline JPortici

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Re: Is "star Vin" used or useful at all?
« Reply #1 on: September 23, 2016, 10:17:06 am »
Yes.
For example, one voltage regulator outputs 3.3V. at the regulator output you have one line going to the digital  supply and another one to the analog supply, maybe with beads/inductors as an additional filter. just as with ground lines
the idea is to confine all the noise/crap into a specific path
 


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