I'm in the process of leaning to design PCB's and leaning to solder tiny QFN parts. As part of this process, I'm trying to create a circuit with the TPS63001 ([Datasheet](http://www.ti.com/lit/ds/symlink/tps63001.pdf)) buck-boost converter, which I would like to use to power a ESP8266 (which requires 3.3v) by a lipo. According to the datasheet, the circuit should be: [![enter image description here][1]][1] And in the same datasheet, they even provide a layout example: [![enter image description here][2]][2] This layout is for the Adjustable Output Voltage version, I will be using the fixed voltage version. With the information in the datasheet, I created this layout in eagle: [![enter image description here][3]][3] Now there are a few things I'm wondering: - There are three dots underneath the chip in the example in the datasheet. I guessed that these would be via's, and created a ground plane on the back of the board. I guess this is for heat dispensation, did I interpret this right? - I connected VINA, EN and PS/SYNC together. In the layout example EN and VINA just move out of the picture, but according to the schema, they should be connected, did I do this right? Are there any other dising rules / recommendations that I should take care of? [1]: https://i.sstatic.net/SRY6r.jpg [2]: https://i.sstatic.net/gVKOc.jpg [3]: https://i.sstatic.net/M5ZZX.jpg