RE: nRF7002 Isolated Metal Plane Question

Bendik Heiskel — Tue, 06 May 2025 14:23:49 GMT

Hi,

The isolated part of the GND plane on L2 is for reducing noise from the buck converters and prevent it from spreading to other parts of the board.

This is the part of the ground plane being referred to:

[quote user=""]3) If this component is used on a board with the nRF5340 or a similar device, will the entire panel require the solid plane or just the section under the nRF7002?[/quote]

We recommend using the second layer as a GND plane, regardless of which SoC is being used. Traces can be routed on this plane as well, but the sections under the RF traces must be solid ground.

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Best regards,

Bendik