John-Paul, now you need a decoupling solution. Steve. At 09:33 AM 10/31/2005 +0000, John-Paul Coetzee wrote: >Reposted to try and make the diagram clearer! Last question! ...for = >now... > >Same system as described in Question 1. > >There is a thick power plane trace crossing this slot to provide power = >to components in the analog zone. > >What are the risks of the power trace crossing the slot? Particularly = >with respect to degradation of noise margin in the analog zone. > > >| ######### D I G I T A L G R O U N D >| ######### >| ######### >| +-------+######### +---------------------- >| | |######### | =20 >| | |######### | S L O T =20 >| | |### ### | =20 >| | S |### W ### +---------------------- >| | |### ### =20 >| | L |### A ### =20 >| | |### ### >| | O |### L ### >| | |### ### >| | T |### L ### A N A L O G G R O U N D >| | |### ### >| | |######### >| | |######### >| --------------------#########--------------------- Analog=20 >| ######### Power=20 >| --------------------#########--------------------- trace=20 >| | |######### (thick) >| | |######### >| | |######### >| | |######### >| | |######### >| | |######### >| +-------+######### >| ######### >| ######### >| ######### >+---------------------------------------------------------------- > >-- >JP Coetzee (was JP Nicholls) / jpcoetzee@xxxxxxxx > >Digital Design Engineer > >Powerwave UK Ltd >------------------------------------------------------------------ >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 FAQ wiki page is located at: > http://si-list.org/wiki/wiki.pl?Si-List_FAQ > >List technical documents are available at: > http://www.si-list.org > >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 > ------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 FAQ wiki page is located at: http://si-list.org/wiki/wiki.pl?Si-List_FAQ List technical documents are available at: http://www.si-list.org 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