Nikhil, There is a quite instructive paper with the title: Signal Propagation and Radiation of Single and Differential Microstrip Traces Over Split Image Planes written by: N. Orhanovic, R. Raghuram, N. Matsui from: Applied Simulation Technology e-mail: { neven, raghu, matsui} @apsimtechcom Unfortunately I have no direct link to the document. Generally spoken - the split plane itself may not be harmful in terms of EMI unless you start routing traces across the gap! Best regards, Michael -----Original Message----- From: Nikhil Patel [mailto:npatel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Dienstag, 26. Oktober 2004 15:40 To: si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [SI-LIST] Split Ground Planes Hi all, I have been doing a lot of reading on Split ground planes and am a bit confused now. Do most people use just one solid ground in the schematic and layout for EMI issues or do you prefer split ground planes? Any input is greatly appreciated. Thanks Nikhil ------------------------------------------------------------------ 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