nutmegzzzz Posted November 15, 2006 Report Share Posted November 15, 2006 I'm currently designing a PCB for a camera system that utilizes 3 different grounds (Analog, Digital and Chassis).ov7940db_1.1_SCH.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MP Posted November 16, 2006 Report Share Posted November 16, 2006 For best results, you would treat all three as 3 separate circuits and then tie them all together at a single point at the chassis. Otherwise, you could have interference between you analog and digital circuitry.MP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nutmegzzzz Posted November 16, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 16, 2006 First time working with PCB design so please bear with me. Instead of having a single ground plane with all grounds connected, Can I use that layer to wire the appropriate grounds together and then bring them all to the top layer and wire with 0 ohm jumpers. Is this appropriate or am I still going to cause a problem not having a single ground plane? I should mention the eval board for this chip uses 2 layers with no power or ground plane.Also because I am using two power supplies (3.3V and 1.8V), instead of having a power plane (originally I was going to have just 3.3V), can I use this layer for various power connections thus saving space on the top and bottom layer. Thanks for your help MP, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MP Posted November 16, 2006 Report Share Posted November 16, 2006 It is not a good board layout practice to use a board layer for this purpose.MP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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