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Hello to everyone.
This is my first post on the Forum.
Cureently I am working on an embedded application for my Master Thesis and I would like to have your proposal on an important detail with ALTIUM (17.1).
It is a 6 Layer Board with two separate ground planes, one for power modules and one for signals, which need to be connected at a single point.
I used the “Net Tie component” from the section “Intentionally Connecting Two Nets”, found on
https://www.altium.com/documentation/altium-designer/creating-connectivity-ad?version=17.1#!intentionally-connecting-two-nets
Some usefull information also found:
https://smtnet.com/library/files/upload/NetTies-and-How-to-Use-Them.pdf
What I did was to create a new component, marking it as a Net-Tie. I took two pads and placed one exactly above the other, same size and same drill. I took this part on my PCB (after the proper connection on schematic) and it aligned with a power capacitor’s pin, connected to the ground. It seems that no connection takes place. I checked also the gerber files with View Mate and the look exactly the same.
- So my question now is, which is the best way to connect two internal planes at a single point? Isn’t it beneficial to just use a drill that already exists on the board, by means of a component like electrolytic capacitor close to the main input? I haven’t seen it anywhere else though.
With engineering greetings from Greece,
KOVA
This is my first post on the Forum.
Cureently I am working on an embedded application for my Master Thesis and I would like to have your proposal on an important detail with ALTIUM (17.1).
It is a 6 Layer Board with two separate ground planes, one for power modules and one for signals, which need to be connected at a single point.
I used the “Net Tie component” from the section “Intentionally Connecting Two Nets”, found on
https://www.altium.com/documentation/altium-designer/creating-connectivity-ad?version=17.1#!intentionally-connecting-two-nets
Some usefull information also found:
https://smtnet.com/library/files/upload/NetTies-and-How-to-Use-Them.pdf
What I did was to create a new component, marking it as a Net-Tie. I took two pads and placed one exactly above the other, same size and same drill. I took this part on my PCB (after the proper connection on schematic) and it aligned with a power capacitor’s pin, connected to the ground. It seems that no connection takes place. I checked also the gerber files with View Mate and the look exactly the same.
- So my question now is, which is the best way to connect two internal planes at a single point? Isn’t it beneficial to just use a drill that already exists on the board, by means of a component like electrolytic capacitor close to the main input? I haven’t seen it anywhere else though.
With engineering greetings from Greece,
KOVA
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