{"id":2817,"date":"2021-08-11T13:00:15","date_gmt":"2021-08-11T11:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ksg-pcb.com\/?p=2817"},"modified":"2025-02-18T08:35:28","modified_gmt":"2025-02-18T07:35:28","slug":"printed-circuit-board-design-with-copper-elements-what-to-consider","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ksg-pcb.com\/en\/leiterplattendesign-mit-kupferelementen-das-ist-zu-beachten\/","title":{"rendered":"Tips for PCB design with copper elements (HSMtec) - Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the design of HSMtec printed circuit boards<\/a> with integrated copper elements, the design of the high-current conductors is generally recommended before the standard layout. The development process of an HSMtec PCB is divided into 10 design steps:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Define mechanical characteristics: Determine the size and contour of the PCB<\/li>\n
  2. Positioning power components: define short and simple paths for the high-current conductor tracks<\/li>\n
  3. Define amperages: e.g. 80 or 110 A<\/li>\n
  4. Define ambient conditions: Ambient temperature e.g. 60 \u00b0C and maximum temperature difference Delta T of 40 K<\/li>\n
  5. Define the layer structure and copper layers: It is recommended to work preferably with mass inner layers and to flood all free areas on the outer layers with copper as well<\/li>\n
  6. Calculate the required cable cross-sections in relation to the ambient conditions and layer structure<\/li>\n
  7. Routing of the high-current conductor paths
    \nThe basic rule for routing is: for each profile width, the conductor track must be at least 1 mm wider all the way around. Example: An 8 mm copper profile requires at least a 10 mm wide conductor track, 2 x 4 mm profiles parallel to each other require at least a 12 mm wide conductor track.<\/li>\n
  8. Designing the copper profiles, e.g. with an auxiliary layer
    \n    The KSG team will be happy to help you select the copper elements.<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n
  9. Drill holes for high current and power components: Through-hole vias, thermovias - Microvias in the thermal path of the MOSFETs on the copper profiles. Microvias with a diameter of 0.1 mm and a pitch of 0.5 mm are placed in the heat pads of the MOSFETs, which make contact with the underlying copper profile. Place the thermovias around the heatpad of the MOSFETs, e.g. select a grid of 1.0 mm for 0.5 mm diameter thermovias.<\/li>\n
  10. Routing of the logic part of the circuit<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Steps 1 to 4 are defined by the developer, for steps 5 and 6 KSG offers a High current calculator<\/a> or supports you with the KSG team<\/a> with great pleasure.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Beim\u00a0Design von HSMtec-Leiterplatten mit integrierten Kupferelementen empfiehlt sich grunds\u00e4tzlich das Design der Hochstromleiter vor dem Standardlayout. Der Entwicklungsprozess einer HSMtec-Leiterplatte l\u00e4uft in 10 Designschritten ab: Mechanische Merkmale definieren: Gr\u00f6\u00dfe und […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":4452,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[221],"tags":[302,371],"class_list":["post-2817","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","tag-leiterplattenentwicklung","tag-strombelastbarkeit"],"yoast_head":"\nTipps f\u00fcr das Leiterplattendesign mit Kupferelementen (HSMtec) - Teil 1 \u26af pcb-blog.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Beim Design von HSMtec-Leiterplatten mit integrierten Kupferelementen sind verschiedene Regeln beim Leiterplattendesign zu beachten\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ksg-pcb.com\/en\/printed-circuit-board-design-with-copper-elements-what-to-consider\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Tipps f\u00fcr das Leiterplattendesign mit Kupferelementen (HSMtec) - Teil 1 \u26af pcb-blog.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Beim Design von HSMtec-Leiterplatten mit integrierten Kupferelementen sind verschiedene Regeln beim Leiterplattendesign zu beachten\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ksg-pcb.com\/en\/printed-circuit-board-design-with-copper-elements-what-to-consider\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"KSG GmbH\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ksgpcb\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-08-11T11:00:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-02-18T07:35:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ksg-pcb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/hsmtec-Aufbau-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1087\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"300\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Tobias Behnert\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Tobias Behnert\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ksg-pcb.com\\\/leiterplattendesign-mit-kupferelementen-das-ist-zu-beachten\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ksg-pcb.com\\\/leiterplattendesign-mit-kupferelementen-das-ist-zu-beachten\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Tobias Behnert\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ksg-pcb.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/cbc2ebdaddb75f4f100b3a0395484bcb\"},\"headline\":\"Tipps f\u00fcr das Leiterplattendesign mit Kupferelementen (HSMtec) – Teil 1\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-08-11T11:00:15+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-02-18T07:35:28+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ksg-pcb.com\\\/leiterplattendesign-mit-kupferelementen-das-ist-zu-beachten\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":267,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ksg-pcb.com\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ksg-pcb.com\\\/leiterplattendesign-mit-kupferelementen-das-ist-zu-beachten\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ksg-pcb.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/06\\\/hsmtec-Aufbau-1.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Leiterplattenentwicklung\",\"Strombelastbarkeit\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Blog\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ksg-pcb.com\\\/leiterplattendesign-mit-kupferelementen-das-ist-zu-beachten\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ksg-pcb.com\\\/leiterplattendesign-mit-kupferelementen-das-ist-zu-beachten\\\/\",\"name\":\"Tipps f\u00fcr das Leiterplattendesign mit Kupferelementen (HSMtec) - Teil 1 \u26af pcb-blog.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ksg-pcb.com\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ksg-pcb.com\\\/leiterplattendesign-mit-kupferelementen-das-ist-zu-beachten\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ksg-pcb.com\\\/leiterplattendesign-mit-kupferelementen-das-ist-zu-beachten\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ksg-pcb.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/06\\\/hsmtec-Aufbau-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-08-11T11:00:15+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-02-18T07:35:28+00:00\",\"description\":\"Beim Design von HSMtec-Leiterplatten mit integrierten Kupferelementen sind verschiedene Regeln beim Leiterplattendesign zu beachten\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ksg-pcb.com\\\/leiterplattendesign-mit-kupferelementen-das-ist-zu-beachten\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ksg-pcb.com\\\/leiterplattendesign-mit-kupferelementen-das-ist-zu-beachten\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ksg-pcb.com\\\/leiterplattendesign-mit-kupferelementen-das-ist-zu-beachten\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ksg-pcb.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/06\\\/hsmtec-Aufbau-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ksg-pcb.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/06\\\/hsmtec-Aufbau-1.jpg\",\"width\":1087,\"height\":300,\"caption\":\"Querschnitt einer HSMtec-Leiterplatte: Kupferprofile verst\u00e4rken die Hochstromleiter\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ksg-pcb.com\\\/leiterplattendesign-mit-kupferelementen-das-ist-zu-beachten\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"KSG PCB\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ksg-pcb.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Tipps f\u00fcr das Leiterplattendesign mit Kupferelementen (HSMtec) – Teil 1\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ksg-pcb.com\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ksg-pcb.com\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"Leiterplatten & PCB von KSG\",\"description\":\"Leiterplatten aus Europa in Serienqualit\u00e4t\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ksg-pcb.com\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"alternateName\":\"KSG GmbH\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ksg-pcb.com\\\/en\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ksg-pcb.com\\\/en\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"KSG GmbH\",\"alternateName\":\"KSG PCB\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ksg-pcb.com\\\/en\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ksg-pcb.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ksg-pcb.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/03\\\/KSG_Logo_and_Claim_green_rgb.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ksg-pcb.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/03\\\/KSG_Logo_and_Claim_green_rgb.jpg\",\"width\":1925,\"height\":1181,\"caption\":\"KSG GmbH\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ksg-pcb.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/ksgpcb\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/ksg_pcb\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/de.linkedin.com\\\/company\\\/ksg-gmbh\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ksg-pcb.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/cbc2ebdaddb75f4f100b3a0395484bcb\",\"name\":\"Tobias Behnert\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ksg-pcb.com\\\/en\\\/author\\\/tbehnert\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Tips for PCB design with copper elements (HSMtec) - Part 1 \u26af pcb-blog.com","description":"When designing HSMtec PCBs with integrated copper elements, various rules must be observed when designing PCBs","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ksg-pcb.com\/en\/printed-circuit-board-design-with-copper-elements-what-to-consider\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Tipps f\u00fcr das Leiterplattendesign mit Kupferelementen (HSMtec) - Teil 1 \u26af pcb-blog.com","og_description":"Beim Design von HSMtec-Leiterplatten mit integrierten Kupferelementen sind verschiedene Regeln beim Leiterplattendesign zu beachten","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ksg-pcb.com\/en\/printed-circuit-board-design-with-copper-elements-what-to-consider\/","og_site_name":"KSG GmbH","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ksgpcb\/","article_published_time":"2021-08-11T11:00:15+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-02-18T07:35:28+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1087,"height":300,"url":"https:\/\/www.ksg-pcb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/hsmtec-Aufbau-1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Tobias Behnert","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Tobias Behnert","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.ksg-pcb.com\/leiterplattendesign-mit-kupferelementen-das-ist-zu-beachten\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ksg-pcb.com\/leiterplattendesign-mit-kupferelementen-das-ist-zu-beachten\/"},"author":{"name":"Tobias Behnert","@id":"https:\/\/www.ksg-pcb.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/cbc2ebdaddb75f4f100b3a0395484bcb"},"headline":"Tipps f\u00fcr das Leiterplattendesign mit Kupferelementen (HSMtec) – Teil 1","datePublished":"2021-08-11T11:00:15+00:00","dateModified":"2025-02-18T07:35:28+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ksg-pcb.com\/leiterplattendesign-mit-kupferelementen-das-ist-zu-beachten\/"},"wordCount":267,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ksg-pcb.com\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ksg-pcb.com\/leiterplattendesign-mit-kupferelementen-das-ist-zu-beachten\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ksg-pcb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/hsmtec-Aufbau-1.jpg","keywords":["Leiterplattenentwicklung","Strombelastbarkeit"],"articleSection":["Blog"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ksg-pcb.com\/leiterplattendesign-mit-kupferelementen-das-ist-zu-beachten\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ksg-pcb.com\/leiterplattendesign-mit-kupferelementen-das-ist-zu-beachten\/","name":"Tips for PCB design with copper elements (HSMtec) - Part 1 \u26af pcb-blog.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ksg-pcb.com\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ksg-pcb.com\/leiterplattendesign-mit-kupferelementen-das-ist-zu-beachten\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ksg-pcb.com\/leiterplattendesign-mit-kupferelementen-das-ist-zu-beachten\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ksg-pcb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/hsmtec-Aufbau-1.jpg","datePublished":"2021-08-11T11:00:15+00:00","dateModified":"2025-02-18T07:35:28+00:00","description":"When designing HSMtec PCBs with integrated copper elements, various rules must be observed when designing PCBs","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ksg-pcb.com\/leiterplattendesign-mit-kupferelementen-das-ist-zu-beachten\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ksg-pcb.com\/leiterplattendesign-mit-kupferelementen-das-ist-zu-beachten\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ksg-pcb.com\/leiterplattendesign-mit-kupferelementen-das-ist-zu-beachten\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.ksg-pcb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/hsmtec-Aufbau-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.ksg-pcb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/hsmtec-Aufbau-1.jpg","width":1087,"height":300,"caption":"Querschnitt einer HSMtec-Leiterplatte: Kupferprofile verst\u00e4rken die Hochstromleiter"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.ksg-pcb.com\/leiterplattendesign-mit-kupferelementen-das-ist-zu-beachten\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"KSG PCB","item":"https:\/\/www.ksg-pcb.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Tipps f\u00fcr das Leiterplattendesign mit Kupferelementen (HSMtec) – Teil 1"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ksg-pcb.com\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ksg-pcb.com\/en\/","name":"Printed circuit boards & PCBs from KSG","description":"Printed circuit boards from Europe in series quality","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ksg-pcb.com\/en\/#organization"},"alternateName":"KSG GmbH","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ksg-pcb.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.ksg-pcb.com\/en\/#organization","name":"KSG GmbH","alternateName":"KSG PCB","url":"https:\/\/www.ksg-pcb.com\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ksg-pcb.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ksg-pcb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/KSG_Logo_and_Claim_green_rgb.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.ksg-pcb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/KSG_Logo_and_Claim_green_rgb.jpg","width":1925,"height":1181,"caption":"KSG GmbH"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ksg-pcb.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ksgpcb\/","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ksg_pcb\/","https:\/\/de.linkedin.com\/company\/ksg-gmbh"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.ksg-pcb.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/cbc2ebdaddb75f4f100b3a0395484bcb","name":"Tobias Behnert","url":"https:\/\/www.ksg-pcb.com\/en\/author\/tbehnert\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ksg-pcb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2817","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ksg-pcb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ksg-pcb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ksg-pcb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ksg-pcb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2817"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/www.ksg-pcb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2817\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19153,"href":"https:\/\/www.ksg-pcb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2817\/revisions\/19153"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ksg-pcb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4452"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ksg-pcb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2817"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ksg-pcb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2817"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ksg-pcb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}