RE: PCB floating area layout

2002-02-26 Thread Robert Wilson
: 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. Its

RE: PCB floating area layout

2002-02-26 Thread Gary McInturff
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 the floating ground is AC Cold

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

RE: PCB floating area layout

2002-02-25 Thread Robert Wilson
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 a PCB that has a floating section isolated from the rest of the board

Re: PCB floating area layout

2002-02-25 Thread John Woodgate
I read in !emc-pstc that Paolo Peruzzi paolo.peru...@esaote.com wrote (in ofe539db9f.cfbf2fae-onc1256b6b.004b1...@esaote.com) 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

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