Dear alan I have meet some similar problem to that=2E The ESD engineer want the cha= ssis ground not connected to the signal ground=2E The EMI engineer said t= hat the chassis ground and signal ground should be connected by capacitor= =2E The SI engineer want the two ground be connected directly=2E I have meet some SI problem when the chassis ground is not connected to t= he signal ground=2E If the two ground are connected directly=2C I suggust= that the power ground noise should be cared=2E = Best Regards Zhangkun 2004=2E6=2E18 ----- =D4=AD=D3=CA=BC=FE ----- =B4=D3=3A =22Pfeifer=2C Alan=22 =3Calan=2Epfeifer=40lsil=2Ecom=3E =C8=D5=C6=DA=3A =D0=C7=C6=DA=CB=C4=2C =C1=F9=D4=C2 17=C8=D5=2C 2004 =CF=C2= =CE=E711=3A22 =D6=F7=CC=E2=3A =5BSI-LIST=5D Chassis Ground connected to Signal Ground =3E Hi Experts=2C =3E I am using a metal cage that protrudes through the bulk head of a = =3E product=2EIn the past=2C we connected the pins of that cage to ground= = =3E through 1000 pF =3E caps=2E While monitoring this list a few months ago=2C there was a l= ong =3E discussion on the connection of logic and chassis grounds=2E =3E = =3E My question is this=3A Is it better to use the 1000 pF caps to tie t= he =3E chassis ground to the logic (signal) ground or better to tie the = =3E two grounds =3E directly together=3F I am interested in both SI issues and EMI issue= s=2E =3E = =3E Thanks=2C =3E Alan =3E ------------------------------------------------------------------ =3E To unsubscribe from si-list=3A =3E si-list-request=40freelists=2Eorg with =27unsubscribe=27 in the Subje= ct field =3E = =3E or to administer your membership from a web page=2C go to=3A =3E http=3A//www=2Efreelists=2Eorg/webpage/si-list =3E = =3E For help=3A =3E si-list-request=40freelists=2Eorg with =27help=27 in the Subject fiel= d =3E = =3E List FAQ wiki page is located at=3A =3E http=3A//si-list=2Eorg/wiki/wiki=2Epl=3FSi-List=5FFAQ =3E = =3E List technical documents are available at=3A =3E http=3A//www=2Esi-list=2Eorg =3E = =3E List archives are viewable at=3A = =3E http=3A//www=2Efreelists=2Eorg/archives/si-list =3E or at our remote archives=3A =3E http=3A//groups=2Eyahoo=2Ecom/group/si-list/messages =3E Old (prior to June 6=2C 2001) list archives are viewable at=3A =3E http=3A//www=2Eqsl=2Enet/wb6tpu =3E = =3E = =3E ------------------------------------------------------------------ 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