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From: Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid>
Newsgroups: sci.electronics.design
Subject: Re: Guard Traces
Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2024 13:05:28 GMT
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On a sunny day (Mon, 26 Aug 2024 13:38:46 +0100) it happened Cursitor Doom
<cd@notformail.com> wrote in <0qtocjp22309o1ck937mle5qa610sip3eu@4ax.com>:

>On Mon, 26 Aug 2024 13:28:59 +0100, liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid
>(Liz Tuddenham) wrote:
>
>>Cursitor Doom <cd@notformail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Anyone still believe in 'em?
>>
>>What a coincidence:  I've just had a problem with a circuit on some
>>cheap stripboard and had to re-arrange the connections to a CMOS switch
>>so that one acts as a guard trace to prevent leakage currents when the
>>switch is open.
>
>I'll mark you down as a "believer" then, Liz.

There are many places where guard traces make sense.
Believes have nothing to do with it, for that:
you can buy those at the local churches
Pay them enough and you are considered a good believer.