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Help please - Increase connection size of pad to ground plane

ncsteinb

Hi everyone,

 

Looking for any tips on increasing the size of the connection traces between pads that should connect to the ground plane. See those spindly connectors between the GND pads to the GND plane? How do I make them larger, as I need to pass some significant current through them?

 

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Thank you!!

  • Hello,

     

    The width of the connections is determined by the line width used for the polygon.

     

    Best Regards,

     

    Rachael

  • Am 18.11.2017 um 22:54 schrieb Nevin Steinbrink:

    Hi everyone,

     

    Looking for any tips on increasing the size of the connection traces between pads that should connect to the ground plane. See those spindly connectors between the GND pads to the GND plane? How do I make them larger, as I need to pass some significant current through them?

     

    From

    HELP POLYGON

     

    Thermal dimensions

     

    The width of the conducting path in the thermal symbol is calculated as

    follows:

    Pads: half the drill diameter of the pad

    Smds: half the smaller side of the smd

    at least the width of the polygon

    a maximum of twice the width of the polygon

     

  • Am 18.11.2017 um 22:54 schrieb Nevin Steinbrink:

    Hi everyone,

     

    Looking for any tips on increasing the size of the connection traces between pads that should connect to the ground plane. See those spindly connectors between the GND pads to the GND plane? How do I make them larger, as I need to pass some significant current through them?

     

    From

    HELP POLYGON

     

    Thermal dimensions

     

    The width of the conducting path in the thermal symbol is calculated as

    follows:

    Pads: half the drill diameter of the pad

    Smds: half the smaller side of the smd

    at least the width of the polygon

    a maximum of twice the width of the polygon

     

  • Am 18.11.2017 um 22:54 schrieb Nevin Steinbrink:

    Hi everyone,

     

    Looking for any tips on increasing the size of the connection traces between pads that should connect to the ground plane. See those spindly connectors between the GND pads to the GND plane? How do I make them larger, as I need to pass some significant current through them?

     

    From

    HELP POLYGON

     

    Thermal dimensions

     

    The width of the conducting path in the thermal symbol is calculated as

    follows:

    Pads: half the drill diameter of the pad

    Smds: half the smaller side of the smd

    at least the width of the polygon

    a maximum of twice the width of the polygon