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Examples of BAD Ground in PCB Layout And How to Fix It

Interesting experiments and examples to help you to understand ground layout in PCB. Explained by Hans Rosenberg
Chapters:
  • 00:00What is this video about
  • 00:19Currents flow under track
  • 03:10What happen when you are making a board
  • 08:37Where currents flow
  • 14:01Experiment: Cut under track
  • 19:51Floating copper fill
  • 23:15Grounded copper fill
  • 27:04Experiment: Filter
  • 35:052 Layer vs. 4 Layer
  • 44:003 rules to prevent ground problems
  • 46:05Example: Ground plane
  • 49:52Example: 1 VIA per GND pin
  • 54:46Example: Gap in GND plane
  • 1:02:00Example: FPGA board redesign
  • 1:05:16Star grounding
  • 1:07:39Multiple ground planes
  • 1:14:30Example: Digital and Analog on one board
  • 1:16:40About Hans