Power Plane as a Return Path | Signal Integrity

What happens when you route over a power plane and use it as your reference? And what happens to a return current when its return path is over a ground plane? Tech Consultant Zach Peterson dives into these questions and more in this exploration of using a power plane as a return path.

0:00 Intro

0:37 Return and Displacement Current

2:18 Ground Vs. Power Plane

4:56 Method One: Capacitors!

8:22 Method Two: Reconfigure the Stackup

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