Steve, Thanks. I don't understand your second part. Do you mean the noise is come from line side ? I draw a picture to indicate what I want to do to avoid unwanted noise coupling to the signal lines. Does this do help ? Does this implemented yours' "Voiding logic ground in the vicinity of magnetics "? Best Regards, Qingnan <<hole in ground.doc>> -----Original Message----- From: steve weir [mailto:weirsp@xxxxxxxxxx] Sent: 2004?5?20? 17:24 To: zhangq@xxxxxxxxxx; si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [SI-LIST] Re: help: the ground under transformer and common mode choke The goal is to avoid unbalanced coupling of CM noise from logic ground into the line side of the magnetics, not to attempt to isolate logic ground from chassis. The latter will create even more noise that you will need to isolate from the line side of the magnetics. Voiding logic ground in the vicinity of magnetics is one way to reduce the possibility of unequal coupling. You should place your magnetics and set your clearances accordingly. Regards, Steve. At 03:58 PM 5/20/2004 +0800, Zhang, Qing Nan (Qing Nan) wrote: >Dear All, >We know that the circuit ground and power plane is noisy. Thus we avoid to >extend the circuit ground and power plane under the transformer and common >mode choke to avoid RF emission. >Does it do hlep when we make some holes in the ground plane under the >transformers and chokes ? > >Thanks, >Qingnan >------------------------------------------------------------------ >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 > ------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 -- Binary/unsupported file stripped by Ecartis -- -- Type: application/msword -- File: hole in ground.doc ------------------------------------------------------------------ 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