Maybe it could be called 'Balanced Copper Coverage' rather then 'Thickness'? Or 'Track Density'? 'Thickness' is rather ambiguous in this case. My goal is always to take off as little Copper as possible. It prevents warping and improves EMC performance. It is good for the environment as well, especially in places where they pour the chemicals directly into the drain.
Igor -----Original Message----- From: Brian Guralnick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, 22 July 2004 10:54 AM To: Protel EDA Forum Subject: Re: [PEDA] Board warpage? >The solution is "Balanced Copper Thickness" throughout your design. > >Tom H Using a dummy polygon plane on each layer usually does a fine job, but, don't expect repair de-soldering to be easy with so much copper sinking the heat away from your application point. _____________ Brian Guralnick ----- Original Message ----- From: Tom Hausherr To: 'Protel EDA Forum' Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2004 1:53 PM Subject: Re: [PEDA] Board warpage? Harry, I've seen every kind of layer stack-up imaginable. Board warpage is mainly caused by the uneven distribution of Copper Thickness. If you have one plane that is out of order and call out 70um Copper Thickness (2OZ) your board will warp when the heat is applied either through fabrication lamination our plugging your assembled board into a voltage source. The solution is "Balanced Copper Thickness" throughout your design. Tom H -----Original Message----- From: Harry Selfridge [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2004 10:28 AM To: Protel EDA Forum Subject: Re: [PEDA] Board warpage? It isn't an odd number of PAIRS that causes problems - it is an odd number of LAYERS. There are some advanced fab techniques that can reliably produce boards with odd number of planes or odd number of signal layers; however, there are very few fabs I would trust to do it. You can sometimes get away with odd number stackups, but it will eventually bite you in the butt. Six layers is a common balanced stackup - provided there are an even number of planes, and even number of signal layers with reasonably distributed copper. At 01:56 AM 7/21/04, you wrote: >SNIP >Some say that an odd number of layer pairs can cause problems, indeed we >had problems with 6 layers at first, though we now use 6 layers to great >success. Problems with that were caused by bad process control, not the >design (though the manufacturer tried to blame design at the time!!) SNIP _____________________________________________________________________ This e-mail has been scanned for viruses by MCI's Internet Managed Scanning Services - powered by MessageLabs. For further information visit http://www.mci.com * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * To post a message: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * To leave this list visit: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/leave.html * * Contact the list manager: * mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * Forum Guidelines Rules: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/forumrules.html * * Browse or Search previous postings: * http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
