Cadence PCB Best Practices

Working with Backdrilling Backdrilling October 2019 49 Product Version 17.4-2019 © 1999-2020 All Rights Reserved. The fabrication vendor controls the stop depth somewhere in the dielectric layer adjacent to the conductor layer listed in the NC output. The Drill Legends reports the actual backdrill sizes as well as the Must Not Cut Layer and maximum depth to Must Not Cut Layer surface.

• Cover
• Contents
• Backdrilling
• Introduction
• Licensing
• Prerequisites
• Backdrill Commands, Properties, Parameters, and Subclasses
• Terminology
• Net Identification
• Applying the BACKDRILL_MAX_PTH_STUB Property in Constraint Manager
• Stub Calculation
• Pin Plating Restrictions
• Applying the Minimum Pin Plating Property
• Pressfit Connectors
• Backdrill Exclusions
• User Overrides
• Fabrication Vendor Backdrill requirements (Reference Only)
• Setup and Analysis User Interface
• Initially Launching the Backdrill Setup and Analysis Dialog Box
• Prior to executing Backdrill
• Padstack Parameters Tab of the Backdrill Setup and Analysis Form
• Flag Codes tab of the Backdrill Setup and Analysis form
• Final Backdrill Steps – Executing Backdrill
• Manufacturing Stub Length Analysis (Drill Parameters Tab)
• Effects of Setting a Manufacturing Stub Length:
• Layer Pairs tab feedback – Depth column yellow cells:
• Backdrill Canvas Display Controls
• Backdrill Data Show Element visibility (Pins/Vias)
• DRC and Shape Voiding
• Board Testability
• NC Drill and Legend Output
• Enabling Backdrill Output
• NC Backdrill Legends
• Legend Customization
• Backdrill Cross Section Chart Display