Sometimes it is possible to fill unused space in the signal layers to create plane capacitance. This works if you stack the PCB: S P S S P S Lee Lee Ritchey leeritchey@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Why Wait? Move to EarthLink. > [Original Message] > From: Doug Brooks <doug@xxxxxxxxxx> > To: <si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <adsurevv@xxxxxxxxx> > Date: 6/20/2003 9:36:06 AM > Subject: [SI-LIST] Re: pcb stackup > > Bingo, it's tough to meet these requirements economically on a 6-layer board! > > Doug > > > > > At 01:28 PM 6/19/2003 -0700, Virendra wrote: > >Doug, how would you propose to get good planer > >capacitance in a 6 layer board, i have a constraint of > >overall thickness of 0.062 inches. > >thanks in advance, > > > >virendra > > > >--- Doug Brooks <doug@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > I also second Matt. > > > > > > A good stackup (from a signal integrity standpoint) > > > meets BOTH of these > > > conditions: > > > > > > 1. Every trace layer is referenced to a plane > > > 2. There is at least one power/ground plane pair > > > (per power supply) > > > (closely coupled, providing good planar capacitance > > > between) > > > > > > (Rick Hartley wrote a good article about this in the > > > July, 2000, issue of > > > Printed Circuit Design) > > > > > > You need point one for: > > > loop area control (EMI) > > > crosstalk control > > > impedance control > > > > > > You need point two for: > > > high speed decoupling > > > common mode control (EMI) > > > > > > > > > Pardon the adv, but I have a new book out that > > > covers all these points > > > ISBN 0-13-141884-X > > > > > > Doug Brooks > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > At 09:56 AM 6/18/2003 -0400, you wrote: > > > >a typical stackup at our company might look like > > > this: > > > > > > > >1) G > > > >2) S > > > >3) S > > > >4) +3.3V > > > >5) S > > > >6) S > > > >7) G > > > >8) S > > > >9) S > > > >10)G > > > > > > > >note that we use layer 4 (+3.3V) as a reference > > > plane. > > > > > > > >an alternate stackup is now being pushed here that > > > doesn't allow this. > > > >the alternative approach says that this puts too > > > much noise in the +3.3V > > > >plane. > > > >that we should surround the +3.3V plane with ground > > > planes, as shown below : > > > >1) G > > > >2) S > > > >3) S > > > >4) G > > > >5) +3.3 > > > >6) G > > > >7) S > > > >8) S > > > >9) G > > > >10)S > > > >11)S > > > >12)G > > > > > > > >Comments? > > > > > > > >thanks, > > > >Jim Peterson > > > >Honeywell > > > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > >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 > > > > > > > > > > > >___________________________________________________________________________ ____ > > > > > > > > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > >__________________________________ > >Do you Yahoo!? > >SBC Yahoo! 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