Sorry I did not know of a better way to word that title.
But, I am curious about a simple design decision. In the first image the left component(diode)'s bottom pin is routed through the left components bottom pin. In the second image the bottom left pad and bottom right pad converge on the trace they will be sharing.
I know they are theoretically electrically the same but I am unsure of how it matters in practice. I have read some articles that mostly mention that this matters for wave soldering and one may cause more of an issue than the other. These components(diode and resistor) are attached to a MOSFET gate on the bottom side and attached to a gate driver on the top side. I am mostly concerned about issues with signal integrity but any information on this subject would be useful for me.
thank you.
ps I could obvious do the same "splitting" to the top trace but didn't think to show that as well when I was taking the photos.
But, I am curious about a simple design decision. In the first image the left component(diode)'s bottom pin is routed through the left components bottom pin. In the second image the bottom left pad and bottom right pad converge on the trace they will be sharing.
I know they are theoretically electrically the same but I am unsure of how it matters in practice. I have read some articles that mostly mention that this matters for wave soldering and one may cause more of an issue than the other. These components(diode and resistor) are attached to a MOSFET gate on the bottom side and attached to a gate driver on the top side. I am mostly concerned about issues with signal integrity but any information on this subject would be useful for me.
thank you.
ps I could obvious do the same "splitting" to the top trace but didn't think to show that as well when I was taking the photos.
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