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Ground plane

In electrical engineering, a ground plane is an electrically conductive surface, usually connected to electrical ground. Ground planes are typically made of copper or aluminum, and they are often located on the bottom of printed circuit boards (PCBs).

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Radio antenna theory

Printed circuit boards

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Ground plane

Nodes37
Edges36
Triples20
Avg. degree1.95
Density0.054054
Components1

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Ground plane

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related to Radio antenna theory · 10
Ground plane → At, Earth, For, Ground, In, In Telecommunications, The, To, UHF, VHF
related to Printed circuit boards · 6
Ground plane → In, It, PCB, PCBs, The, This
is a · 3
Ground plane → conducting surface large in comparison to the wavelength, electrically conductive surface, flat or nearly flat horizontal conducting surface that serves as part of an antenna

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Ground planeis aelectrically conductive surface0.90text
Ground planeis aconducting surface large in comparison to the wavelength0.90text
Ground planeis aflat or nearly flat horizontal conducting surface that serves as part of an antenna0.90text
a salt marsh or oceaninstance ofor a body of water0.80text
Ground planerelated to Printed circuit boardsPCB0.60section
Ground planerelated to Printed circuit boardsIt0.60section
Ground planerelated to Printed circuit boardsIn0.60section
Ground planerelated to Printed circuit boardsPCBs0.60section
Ground planerelated to Printed circuit boardsThis0.60section
Ground planerelated to Printed circuit boardsThe0.60section
Ground planerelated to Radio antenna theoryIn Telecommunications0.60section
Ground planerelated to Radio antenna theoryIn0.60section

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