Hi All, On high speed boards with I/O connections running to outside world, the shield ground of the connectors should be isolated from the digital ground if the board has to meet the requirements of EMI/EMC compliance standards. Are there any side-effects of isolating the shield ground from the digital ground? I have seen on some boards, that the isolation is achieved by using ferrite beads. On few others i have seen capacitors being used b/n shield and digital ground. How are capacitors useful in acheiving isolation? Or are these caps used for some other purpose, which i am not able to understand? What is the best method to achieve this isolation? Thanks in advance. Regards, Anand. ------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 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