RE: [SI-LIST] : May 9th Presentation: "Radiation from Edge Effec ts in Printed Circuit Boards (PCBs)"

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From: Gaines, William ([email protected])
Date: Wed May 10 2000 - 08:40:08 PDT


Once, by mistake, we had the board shop plate the edge of the CCA that we were building. We never did test it for EMI, but it did connect the top and bottom chassis ground plains to each other. (The board house did say that it was _not_ the way they would like to have to build boards)

Bill Gaines

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> From: Lawrence Butcher[SMTP:[email protected]]
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> Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2000 5:40 PM
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> Subject: RE: [SI-LIST] : May 9th Presentation: "Radiation from Edge Effects in Printed Circuit Boards (PCBs)"
>
> It's fun to hear more about the 20H rule.
>
> It is nice to have constant things in life.
>
>
> But progress now and then doesn't hurt, either.
>
> I wonder, has anyone considered taking some copper tape and wraping
> it around the perimeter of a board? The midline of the tape should
> be at the board edge. Half of the tape should be pressed onto the
> bottom of the board, the other half of the tape pressed to the top.
> It would make capacitive contact to the top and bottom layers of the
> board.
>
> It seems intuitive to me that this copper tape should have MORE effect
> than any fancy dadoing of the ground plane.
>
>
> In the unlikely event that the measurement shows a benefit from having
> this tape, then we should try the PC board equilvalent.
>
> Instead of setting the power plane back 20H, I suggest that we set it
> back far enough to let there be another trace around the outside on
> the power layer. That trace should be hooked to the above and below
> ground planes every 4 via diameters or so.
>
>
> This could be called the club sandwich variation of the 20H rule.
>
> This is an obvious experiment. Would it help? It would be fun to know.
>
> I propose that those who believe in the 20H rule try this, and report back.
>
> Lawrence
>
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: [email protected]
> > > [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Mary
> > > Sent: Friday, May 05, 2000 2:50 PM
> > > To: [email protected]
> > > Subject: RE: [SI-LIST] : May 9th Presentation: "Radiation from Edge
> > > Effects in Printed Circuit Boards (PCBs)"
> > >
> > >
> > > This is a fascinating discussion group. My background is in the
> > > microwave circuits area, so I can't be sure how much of what is
> > > posted here is correct. However, I have come to the conclusion
> > > that most of the information posted concerning the 20H rule was
> > > bogus.
>
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