All planes are voided except the island of chassis ground. Otherwise, you are still subjecting your traces to possibly noisy planes. --- Bob Patel <whizplayer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi! From all the responses I have received so far, I > conclude: > 1) The interface from magnetics to connector need to > be void of ground and power planes. > 2)Refill this void portion with chassis ground which > is etched away from the board ground plane by at > least 40mils. > Question: > This chassis ground which has to be etched, can I > etch it on all the planes or should I just use TOP > and Bottom layer of the board for this chassis > ground. > > Thanks > ===== __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail! http://promo.yahoo.com/videomail/ ------------------------------------------------------------------ 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