My guess is that unless you specify it as grounded it will be floating. Thieving can effect circuit performance so it's always better to incorporate it the design rather than let the PCB manufacturer do it where you may get uncontrolled results. Check out www.ipc.org for more info.
Fred Townsend Sylvia Toma wrote: >Hello group, > >I have a question regarding thieving on printed >circuit board and hoping that you could help me: > >If the PCB manufacturer wants to add copper thieving >to the PCB layers to help balance the copper >distribution since there is a potential for thickness >variation as well as possible warp without it, is the >copper thieving considered to be at '0' volt or >treated as 'floating' as far as safety spacing is >concern? Looking forward to your reply. > >Regards, >Sylvia > > > >__________________________________ >Yahoo! FareChase: Search multiple travel sites in one click. >http://farechase.yahoo.com > >- >---------------------------------------------------------------- >This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society >emc-pstc discussion list. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ > >To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to [email protected] > >Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/listserv/request/user-guide.html > >List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html > >For help, send mail to the list administrators: > > Scott Douglas [email protected] > Mike Cantwell [email protected] > >For policy questions, send mail to: > > Jim Bacher: [email protected] > David Heald: [email protected] > >All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: > > http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc > >-------------------------------------- >Text inserted by Panda Platinum 2006 Internet Security: > > This message has NOT been classified as spam. If it is unsolicited mail (spam), click on the following link to reclassify it: http://127.0.0.1:6083/Panda?ID=pav_862&SPAM=true >-------------------------------------- > > > > - This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to [email protected] Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/listserv/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas [email protected] Mike Cantwell [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: [email protected] David Heald: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc
