Hi All, I am designing many pcb's with multiple power and ground planes and I was curious if some has an opinion or could point me to any articles on the following questions. 1. I know its best to have a sold ground plane (or solid power plane ) on either side of the a stripline trace but is it acceptable to have a solid ground plane on one side and a power plane on the other side with many splits in the plane ? The same question for a dual stripline configuration ? 2. I have some high speed differential signals that have a separate ground (HSGND). HSGND is tied to digital ground thru a zero ohm resistor. I am routing these signals in a stripline configuration with HSGND planes on either side. Can I also route digital signals(that use the digital ground ) on this layer ? I am concerned that the return path goes thru the zero ohm resistor to the digital ground plane. and it will be a very long return path. Is my assumption correct ? Thanks for any help Leonard Alexman / American Electronics Group Inc. PH: 951-354-6493 Cell: 951-640-5469 Fax: 208-247-33470 -- Binary/unsupported file stripped by Ecartis -- -- Type: application/ms-tnef -- File: winmail.dat ------------------------------------------------------------------ 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