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Hello,

I'm designing a VERY small board (less than 1 square inch) and there
is an analog part and a digital part. The board is going to be two
sided and I plan to use surface mount technology and mount everything
on the top side with a ground plane on the top side and route all
signal lines on the botton side. I'm going to seperate the analog and
Digital ground planes but my basic question is how? Should there be a
common area in which you must go through a 180 degree bend to get to
it from each side. Will that block out most interference signals. Or
should they be seperated completly except through ferrite beads?
Also, is it a good idea to route my signal lines through the common
ground plane that "S"'s it's way through to the other ground plane.
Any help is appreciated.

Jimbo