Hello All, The following is a proposed stackup for a design with high voltage (300VDC) and lower voltages (3.3V, 5V) on the same pcb. Layer 1 - low voltage signals A Layer 2 - low voltage ground plane Layer 3 - low voltage signals B Layer 4 - +3.3V/+5V split plane Layer 5 - low voltage ground plane Layer 6 - high voltage signals Layer 7 - high voltage ground plane Layer 8 - high voltage signals The concern is dealing with the split power on layer 4 without adding additional layers. Would it be best to simply move the +5V to layer 5 to eliminate the split? The low and high voltage ground planes are connected via a low value resistor. The two different grounds could be combined while still restricting the routing to layer pairs 1-3 and 6-8. Best Regards, Pat Sharkey BVR Technologies ------------------------------------------------------------------ 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