When you ask these sorts of questions you need to specify "at what frequency?" You also need to specify the signaling type. Otherwise the question is ill defined. In fact, stitch vias to the planes that are called ground are important. They are very important for single ended signaling, highly important for high bandwidth differential signaling, and less important for lower bandwidth differential. Where I define low bandwidth as anything below 10G. Ground planes on multiple layers are only at an equipotential at stitch vias. Between the stitch vias those very same ground planes float and resonate. Single ended ddr signals are notorious for lighting up ground cavities. differential signals with high bandwidth, such as 28G can pump significant energy into unstitched ground cavities, causing unwanted insertion loss, return loss, and crosstalk. Don't let anyone tell you that ground stitch vias are not important. Such a blanket statement is dangerous and reckless. It is bad engineering. Regards, Scott On Oct 15, 2014 7:45 PM, "Aaditya K" <aaditya.kandibanda@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello Experts, > I have a question on ground vias placement around signal via. > > My opinion is, if we have a proper return path, they are not necessary. Am > I correct? > > Any situations they are useful other than shielding? > > How will they help? When do we need them? > > Please help. > > Thanks > Aaditya > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > 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 forum is accessible at: > http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list > > List archives are viewable at: > //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list > > Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: > http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 forum is accessible at: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list List archives are viewable at: //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu