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Gerber Layout of the UCA board
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Short circuit between Antenna and Ground plane #10

Closed man4567890 closed 4 years ago

man4567890 commented 4 years ago

There seem to be a short circuit between the ground plane and the Antenna connection pad image Even on the boards I ordered from a PCB manufacturer, with nothing populated on the board, it shows as a full short image image

If I cut the track in the A, the board works as expected image

Is the short on purpose? Must it be cut?

FabienFerrero commented 4 years ago

Hi, I know that it can seem strange, but this type of antenna (Inverted F antenna) is optimized thanks to this short circuit. By cutting this line, you will reduce by 3-4dB the gain of the antenna.

So don't worry about the short circuit.

Kind regards