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Good PCB design practices

rsjawale24

I'm working on an oscillator design using an off the shelf integrated circuit-based oscillator.

I have made two large gnd planes in the PCB, the top layer as well as the bottom layer. 

Is this a good practice esp. for making PCBs for applications like oscillators?

I have also added plenty of vias to connect the two layers. 

I just wanted suggestions (if any) before I send the PCB for fabrication. 

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  • Some more ideas:

    1) If you rotate C2 clockwise 90deg and move it closer to pins 1,2 of U2, the power trace could stay on the top layer. Also the power trace should be much thicker, 1mm (25 mil) as a ballpark.

    2) Moving U2 closer to J2 and making the trace from pin5 to the connector center pin a straight line.

    3) SW: the traces connecting pins 1, 2, and 3 routed on the outside of the footprint would make the design more obvious when looking at the PCB and easier to cut if needed. Same for U1 pins1 and 3.

    4) If SW1 is a regular DIP8 footprint, the 2 jumpers J1 and J3 look like a pin distance of 1.27mm (50mil), which is half the size of a regular 0.1" jumper. I once had an eval board with those tiny bastards, they were terrible to handle (2nd picture on the linked post).

     Vishay microBUCK SiC461 Eval Board 

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  • Some more ideas:

    1) If you rotate C2 clockwise 90deg and move it closer to pins 1,2 of U2, the power trace could stay on the top layer. Also the power trace should be much thicker, 1mm (25 mil) as a ballpark.

    2) Moving U2 closer to J2 and making the trace from pin5 to the connector center pin a straight line.

    3) SW: the traces connecting pins 1, 2, and 3 routed on the outside of the footprint would make the design more obvious when looking at the PCB and easier to cut if needed. Same for U1 pins1 and 3.

    4) If SW1 is a regular DIP8 footprint, the 2 jumpers J1 and J3 look like a pin distance of 1.27mm (50mil), which is half the size of a regular 0.1" jumper. I once had an eval board with those tiny bastards, they were terrible to handle (2nd picture on the linked post).

     Vishay microBUCK SiC461 Eval Board 

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