PCB Edge Plating Guidelines

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Tech Consultant Zach Peterson explores PCB edge plating guidelines for RF circuit boards. He examines the topic and details which design rules you need to set in Altium Designer in order to properly apply PCB edge plating.

0:00 Intro
0:30 PCB Edge Plating Overview
4:19 Edge Plating Values & Clearances
8:06 Metallizing
10:20 Design Rules

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👉 Guide to PCB Edge Plating in RF Design: https://resources.altium.com/p/guide-pcb-edge-plating-rf-design

👉 How to Design Castellated Holes and Edges in a PCB for an SMD Module: https://resources.altium.com/p/how-design-castellated-holes-pcb-smd-module

👉 RF Design in the PCB: Edge Plating: https://youtu.be/_pIr8wWoPEI

👉 RF Power Amplifier Design: https://youtu.be/9YGwXEvqjlw

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