[SI-LIST] Re: Ground Pour in Signal Layers

  • From: Ivor Bowden <ivorlist@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: Pradeep.RSA@xxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2006 08:37:35 -0800

Pradeep,
For what its worth, we routinely ground flood single signal layers that 
are immediately adjacent to power layers to reduce ground impedance and 
improve thermal conductivity, but we don't flood signal layers that are 
paired with other signal layers to avoid impedance discontinuities.
Ivor Bowden

on 2/23/2006 12:04 AM Pradeep RSA wrote:
> Hi,
>       does a Ground Pour in the Signal layers in a multilayer PCB (with 
> sufficient internal ground planes) really helps?
>  
> Thanks in advance
> Pradeep
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