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Bug #5073

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repair single via restring rule violation

Added by mschramm about 3 years ago. Updated about 3 years ago.

Status:
Resolved
Priority:
Normal
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Category:
electronics
Target version:
-
Start date:
03/12/2021
Due date:
% Done:

100%


Description

For the technology class we want to use for the upcoming production run, an inner and outer restring (annular ring) of at least 0,125mm is needed for the defined finished hole size for vias of 0,25mm. This is maintained all over the PCB - except in one spot (see image (animated gif)), on that spot the restring would only be 0,079 mm, and hence the pre-flight shows an error.

This could have been caused by different settings for e.g. min. distance of copper layers to PCB outline in your defaults over the ones in project. Likely the easiest way to repair this is to move that single via slightly more inwards - better than touching the design rules, but you decide.

(I'm going to report this in github too, it's just to keep track this issue also here.)


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restring-violation.gif View restring-violation.gif 16.1 KB mschramm, 03/12/2021 11:26 AM
Screenshot 2021-03-12 165534.png View Screenshot 2021-03-12 165534.png 14.7 KB copper cibomahto, 03/12/2021 03:56 PM
Screenshot 2021-03-12 165906.png View Screenshot 2021-03-12 165906.png 36.7 KB mininal outset cibomahto, 03/12/2021 03:59 PM
Screenshot 2021-03-12 170812.png View Screenshot 2021-03-12 170812.png 157 KB cibomahto, 03/12/2021 04:10 PM
Actions #1

Updated by cibomahto about 3 years ago

No problem. I am using the project rules (they're mostly stored in the project files in Altium), however I'm using a significantly newer version of Altium than the project, so it's not surprising that there has been some drift. In particular the way that the board shape is defined has changed.

Is there a copy of the original production gerbers, for reference? I didn't see them in the project repo or associated sites.

Actions #2

Updated by cibomahto about 3 years ago

I'm a little confused now- that via looks like it has an annular ring of 0,2045, so even clipping off a significant portion of it shouldn't bring it under 0,079. I agree it's bad form to leave it hanging out past the plane fill, so I'll move it in. Please let me know if I'm missing something here.

Actions #5

Updated by mschramm about 3 years ago

cibomahto wrote:

I'm a little confused now- that via looks like it has an annular ring of 0,2045, so even clipping off a significant portion of it shouldn't bring it under 0,079.

This is because the inner layer demand more isolation clearance from the PCB outline (0,40mm (16mil)) than top and bottom copper (0,25mm (10mil)). So as the former have an outline closer to that via's center, they intersect the restring's area and hence their diameter.

Actions #6

Updated by cibomahto about 3 years ago

Ah, I see. Are the (0,40mm (16mil)) / (0,25mm (10mil)) the rules from your board house? I see that the project had a pullback distance of .508mm for the inner plane layers. The pullback on the top and bottom layers is defined in an obsolete way for Altium, but is effectively ~.4mm from the edge of the board, so both have some margin.

Actions #8

Updated by mschramm about 3 years ago

cibomahto wrote:

Are the (0,40mm (16mil)) / (0,25mm (10mil)) the rules from your board house?

yes, they are.

I see that the project had a pullback distance of .508mm for the inner plane layers. The pullback on the top and bottom layers is defined in an obsolete way for Altium, but is effectively ~.4mm from the edge of the board, so both have some margin.

OK, thanks, - I wasn't aware of this.

Actions #9

Updated by mschramm about 3 years ago

cibomahto wrote:

Is there a copy of the original production gerbers, for reference? I didn't see them in the project repo or associated sites.

No, there unfortunately is not - the Gerbers we got prior to your work were already generated subsequently.

Actions #10

Updated by mschramm about 3 years ago

  • Status changed from In Progress to Resolved
  • % Done changed from 0 to 100

has been solved, thanks

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