It would be difficult to get that exact layout with real components but you should be able to get very close. I would be surprised if you see a difference between connecting a pad with two or three 10mil traces and a solid plane. I would worry more about the problems caused with hand soldering to the plane. Is that the LT1616? I may have done a design with that chip. I switched to the On-Semi NCP1421 which is about 1/3 the price. The NCP1421 is a lot more difficult to solder (MSOP-8 with wide leads). (* jcl *) -- You can't create open hardware with closed EDA tools. [1]http://www.luciani.org
References 1. http://www.luciani.org/
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