Any way you look at it, digital and analogue circuits are like oil and water, they don't mix too well.
Adrian
Mark Sauerwald wrote:
> Lum
>
> In addition to the stack up changes that have been mentioned, I would cut
> isolation rings in the ground and power planes to separate the RF and Digital
> sections of the board. Noise induced in the ground plane in one part of the
> circuit can capacitively couple into components in the RF section if you are
> not careful. By cutting a slot in the plane, you can steer ground and power
> currents around the more sensitive portions of your circuit. Another thing
> that will help isolate the digital signals from the RF is to use small-swing
> differential logic levels, such as LVDS, rather than fast CMOS wherever
> possible.
>
> Mark Sauerwald
> National Semiconductor
>
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