Hi My design is basically a pc motherboard. I have isolated the I/O ground from the logic ground. Currently the ground plane split is 15 thou - I am contemplating increasing this width. Should the split be kept as small as possible? If so - why? If the ground split was too small, wouldn't noise be coupled across from each plane? What is the general consensus on this? CHEERS Ross Johnston Electronics Design Engineer, Core Electronics Group, Lifecycle GST, NCR FSG (Scotland) Ltd, Discovery Centre 2nd Floor West, 3 Fulton Road Dundee, Scotland DD2 4SW Tel: +44 (0)1382 592920 Direct Dial Fax: +44 (0)1382 591089 email: ross.johnston@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from si-list: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field or to administer your membership from a web page, go to: //www.freelists.org/webpage/si-list For help: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the Subject field List archives are viewable at: //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list or at our remote archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list/messages Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu