RE: PCB floating area layout

2002-02-26 Thread richwoods
-p...@majordomo.ieee.org Subject: PCB floating area layout Hi all, I'm dealing with a PCB that has a floating section isolated from the rest of the board for safety purposes (patient applied part). I found out some problems with emissions, due to the coupling between the floating part and o

RE: PCB floating area layout

2002-02-26 Thread Robert Wilson
Sent: February 25, 2002 4:14 PM To: Robert Wilson; emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org Subject: RE: PCB floating area layout Jeeez, I have just the opposite problem GROUNDING a PCB at a certain location. The device is a metal enclosed digital device, about the size of a video cassett tape

RE: PCB floating area layout

2002-02-26 Thread Gary McInturff
12:19 PM To: emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org Subject: RE: PCB floating area layout Floating "grounds" on PCBs tend to be problematic, especially at high frequencies. Minimizing the effective capacitive reactance between the floating "ground" and the real ground will ensure that t

RE: PCB floating area layout

2002-02-25 Thread Robert Wilson
ly means that you have a larger potential antenna. Bob Wilson TIR Systems Ltd. Vancouver. -Original Message- From: Paolo Peruzzi [mailto:paolo.peru...@esaote.com] Sent: February 25, 2002 7:34 AM To: emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org Subject: PCB floating area layout Hi all, I'm dealing with

Re: PCB floating area layout

2002-02-25 Thread John Woodgate
I read in !emc-pstc that Paolo Peruzzi wrote (in ) about 'PCB floating area layout', on Mon, 25 Feb 2002: >1) Is it best to minimize the HF capacitive coupling between the earthed >ground and the floating ground or to maximize it? >2) Is it best to reduce the amount of the fl

PCB floating area layout

2002-02-25 Thread Paolo Peruzzi
Hi all, I'm dealing with a PCB that has a floating section isolated from the rest of the board for safety purposes (patient applied part). I found out some problems with emissions, due to the coupling between the floating part and of the PCB and the earthed one. My questions are concerning the la