Hi, I'm looking at re-layout of a 10 layer board because of EMI problems. The board contains 4 differential serial signals a ~700Mhz, and about 20 single ended signals at 70 MHz. The main problem frequencies are around 350 Mhz. There are 4 large BGA components on the board. I would ideally like to move into a 12 layer board, however there is quite a bit of (non technical) resistance to doing that. I like to eliminate 2 signal layers, by making my other 2 signal layer denser. Then I'll use the eliminated signal layers as ground/power layers, but I will need to use these new gnd/power layers to assist with breakout of 4 high density (500pins) BGA. My question is can any one comment on whether I should in theory get an EMI improvement? What should I look out for? My current stack up is: 1 Mainly GND with some breakout 2 Signal 3 Gnd 4 Signal 5 Power 6 Gnd 7 Signal 8 GND/Power (mixed) 9 Signal 10 mainly GND with some breakout New proposed stack up 1 GND with some breakout 2 power with some breakout 3 Gnd 4 Signal 5 Power 6 Gnd 7 Signal 8 GND/Power (mixed) 9 Power with some breakout 10 mainly GND with some breakout Thanks, Nima ------------------------------------------------------------------ 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.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