As shown in Figure 1, this issue had been previously addressed during pre-internet times in EDN of January 18, 1990 but a further detailed look at the idea is warranted thirty-four years later. Figure ...

Power quality experts cringe when they hear the words “isolated ground” because the consequences of a poorly designed or applied isolated ground system can be disastrous. Several facilities with ...

In electronic systems, wires and cables provide intentional circuit paths for power or signal currents to move from a source to a load and then return to the source. These current paths have the ...

Here’s a question for you: when your PCB has a ground plane layer, where do return signals flow? It seems like a trick question, but as [Kristof Mulier] explains, there’s more to return path routing ...