unsubscribe me ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeff Seeger" <jseeger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <leeritchey@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2007 12:48 PM Subject: [SI-LIST] Re: Cross-hatched reference planes Lee Ritchey wrote: >Jeff, > > What are the situations where these items apply? We'd like to know as we >hear such statements often without any accompanying explanations. > > > snip < >> >>Lee Ritchey wrote: >> > >> > Unless this is a flex circuit, why would you cross hatch a plane? >> >> Copper balance, venting, and laminate/laminate bonding >> can be issues in certain situations. >> While I'll confess I'm pressed for time here's a 20 sec follow up; the second two are admittedly very narrow needs: - crosshatch may be helpful to balance copper usage in a stackup to minimize propensity for warpage, or on the 'outer layers" of a sub- assembly in a sequential lamination construction - venting these days is primarily of concern in device substrate ie build-up multilayer - laminate to laminate bonding can be an issue in some high stress or multi-material situations Hope that helps, -- Jeff Seeger Applied CAD Knowledge Inc Chief Technical Officer Tyngsboro, MA 01879 jseeger "at" appliedcad "dot" com 978 649 9800 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 technical documents are available at: http://www.si-list.net 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 technical documents are available at: http://www.si-list.net 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