MIXED ANALOG/DIGITAL DESIGN USING SPLIT POWER GROUND PLANES

Posted on Feb 5, 2014

This example shows how to design a circuit with a mixture of analog and digital parts, multiple power planes, and a single Ground plane split into analog and digital sections that have a common reference point..

MIXED ANALOG/DIGITAL DESIGN USING SPLIT POWER GROUND PLANES

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