[SI-LIST] Re: Guard Traces
- From: Eric Steimle <eric.steimle@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2012 16:50:02 +0000
I'm pretty sure that's the opposite of true ;)
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Subject: [SI-LIST] Re: Guard Traces
Hi Steve and Doug,
I also agree with you. You guys have one more vote. The guard trace is very
effective to reduce the inductive coupling which cannot be easily reduced by
spacing.
Best,
-Dan Oh
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Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2012 9:23 PM
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Subject: [SI-LIST] Re: Guard Traces
Doug, I agree that guard traces can help in certain situations. In most, and
particularly when inserted without doing the requisite engineering work, they
can make a good mess of things.
Best Regards,
Steve.
On 3/8/2012 8:22 PM, Doug Smith wrote:
> Hi Lee,
>
> Your statement is true for most cases, but for two layer boards (every
> household has several of these with processors on them) guard traces
> can stabilize impedance, improve grounding, and lower noise coupling.
> I agree with you for advanced electronics.
>
> We should always state the assumptions made when citing design or
> other rules. I see this a lot in EMC books where an equation is given
> (such as slot radiation) but the (sometimes many) assumptions are not
> given and people use the equations when they don't apply. Shielding
> effectiveness is another case where the common equations do not apply
> in many cases (far field conditions are assumed when in fact they are
> not met). Under every equation in EMC and other books there should be
> a list of assumptions given.
>
> Doug
>
> On 3/8/12 10:52 AM, Lee Ritchey wrote:
>> With all the feedback on this forum that guard traces are a bad idea, why is
>> this discussion still going on? Are there still people who cling to the
>> notion that guard traces are useful, even in the face of mounting evidence
>> that they don't help?
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Dennis<dennis.han@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> Sent: Mar 7, 2012 12:59 PM
>>> To: si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Subject: [SI-LIST] Re: Guard Traces
>>>
>>> In addition to what Wolfgang has stated, if the guard traces are too close
>>> to the signal traces, and most people who believe in ground traces put them
>>> too close (ground fill also falls in this category), the impedance of the
>>> signal traces is lowered and there are less crosstalk and radiation because
>>> of it if the now mismatched terminations don't cause other problems.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --- In si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Gwen and Wolfgang<gwmaichen@...> wrote:
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> first, the short answer: simply don't use guard traces here, they
>>>> won't help much with isolation of high speed signals, and they use
>>>> up way too much routing space (on all layers, because of the
>>>> stitching vias necessary). Much easier to just increase the
>>>> distance between diff pairs etc. and you get the same benefit. (in
>>>> fact, I suspect the reason many people believe in the magic power
>>>> of guard traces in this setting - high speed signaling - is because
>>>> those traces _force_ you to have enough space between signal
>>>> lines...). Guard traces have their place in low-current /
>>>> low-leakage / high-voltage applications, but NOT in high speed digital. At
>>>> least that's my opinion.
>>>>
>>>> If you do need grounded traces, stitch them to the ground planes
>>>> with vias spaced no further than a quarter wavelength from the
>>>> signal trace and at an interval of no less than a quarter wave
>>>> length from each other. The wavelength given of course by bandwidth
>>>> connected with the signal rise time, BW = 0.33 / Tr, or a bit more
>>>> conservatively, the knee frequency f_knee = 0.5 / Tr. No special
>>>> termination needed at the ends of those traces because they are
>>>> already solidly grounded along their full length.
>>>>
>>>> Wolfgang
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 3/7/2012 7:31 PM, Aaditya Kandibanda wrote:
>>>>> Hello Everyone,
>>>>> I have few questions about the guard traces.
>>>>>
>>>>> 1. How do I terminate the guard traces?
>>>>> 2. While using the guard traces for differential pair, how shall I
>>>>> place them between the differential pair?
>>>>> 3. How should I place the vias for guard traces?
>>>>> 4. What are disadvantages of Guard traces?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks and regards
>>>>> Aaditya
>>>>>
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>> I just used the energy it took to get mad and wrote some blues.
>> Count Basie
>>
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