This Whiteboard Wednesday video discusses an overview of common uses for copper planes and pours within your PCB designs including:
- Power distribution
- Electromagnetic interference reduction
- EMI shielding
- ESD guard bands
- Heat sinks
Learn more about how the manufacturing process affects the PCB design as well as best practices throughout the PCB design process with our e-book: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to PCB Design.
Be sure to check out some of our other Whiteboard Wednesday Sessions from the PCB Design Experts at EMA Design Automation:
- Team Collaboration
- Best Practices for Component Selection
- Best Practices for Schematic Layout
- Schematic Outputs
- PCB Stackup
- Best Practices for PCB Part Placement: Part 1
- Best Practices for PCB Part Placement: Part 2
- Uses for Copper Planes and Pours
- Via Selection
- Best Practices for Routing
- What is Coupling?
- What is Impedance?
- How to Measure Impedance
- Designing for Signal Integrity
- Designing for In-Circuit Testing
- Designing for testing: JTAG
- Understanding the Manufacturing Process: Part 1
- Understanding the Manufacturing Process: Part 2
- Designing for Manufacturing and Assembly
- PCB Outputs: Fabrication Overview
- PCB Outputs: Fabrication Drawing
- PCB Outputs: Assembly Overview
- PCB Outputs: Assembly Drawing
