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How do you remove soldermask from a Trace (RF Track) ?

Jarez95
Jarez95 over 2 years ago

I have an RF track, how do I remove the soldermask above that specific track so that the RF performance is not affected. To be clear I dont want to remove the soldermask from the whole board and I hope this doesnt involve some kind of complex skill code solution. I am using SPB17.2-2016. 

Many thanks in advance. 

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    0 steve over 2 years ago

    There is a free app available from the EMA App store that will do this for you. Check out:- Download the GraserWare ClineRouteKeepout App - OrCAD Software Apps and Extensions | EMA Store (ema-eda.com)

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    0 steve over 2 years ago

    There is a free app available from the EMA App store that will do this for you. Check out:- Download the GraserWare ClineRouteKeepout App - OrCAD Software Apps and Extensions | EMA Store (ema-eda.com)

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    0 Jarez95 over 2 years ago in reply to steve

    Is there a tutorial on how to use it ?

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    0 steve over 2 years ago in reply to Jarez95

    Its should be self explanatory, invoke the command, select the track you want to add the keepout to and fill in the form (PDF attached). I would add that this only creates a routekeepout, you would then need to copy that to the soldermask_top or _bottom layer. ClineToRouteKeepout_help.pdf

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    0 Jeff H over 2 years ago in reply to steve

    Steve, does it put a soldermask dam between the component pads and the trace?  Looking at the pictures, it doesn't look like it does.  Here is what I normally do to make the contract mfg happy.  If I remove the gap, they always complain

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    0 steve over 2 years ago in reply to Jeff H

    No it simply copies the cline path to a route keepout area on a lyer defined by the user, increased by a defined amount.

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