Re: MMC PCB

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Original poster: "Michael Rhodes by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <rhodes-at-fnrf.science.cmu.ac.th>

I wish to thank everyone for their very helpful responses.
Since we have an in-house PCB facility (design and build
a few hundred PCBs every year) the cost and resources
was not an issue.  One other question, should the resistors
be mounted on opposite side of the board as the caps?  Also
how much clearance between the components and the PCB
should I make (for cooling purposes)?


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Subject: Re: MMC PCB


> Original poster: "Malcolm Watts by way of Terry Fritz
<twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <m.j.watts-at-massey.ac.nz>
>
> On 10 Aug 2001, at 6:57, Tesla list wrote:
>
> > Original poster: "Michael Rhodes by way of Terry Fritz
> <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <rhodes-at-fnrf.science.cmu.ac.th>
> >
> > I am laying out a printed circuit board (standard G10-Epoxy) for
> > my MMC array.  I realize the traces have to be heavy enough
> > for the high pulse currents but short enough to minimize inductance.
> > Are there any 'gotchas' going this route such as high voltage
> > breakdown of the PCB, etc?  Anyone else build an MMC this
> > way?
>
> Yes. It works well. Make the traces as wide as possible while
> maintaining a safe clearance between tracks that are at different
> voltages.
>
> Malcolm
>
>
>