TI strongly discourages signal routing on power planes or on planes adjacent to power planes. If signals must be routed on layers adjacent to power planes, they must not cross splits in power planes to prevent EMI and preserve signal integrity.

Connect all internal digital ground (GND) planes in as many places as possible. Connect all internal ground planes with a minimum distance between connections of 0.5”. Extra vias may not required if there are sufficient ground vias due to normal ground connections of devices.

Connect power and ground pins of each component to the power and ground planes with at least one via for each pin. Minimize trace lengths for component power and ground pins. (ideally, less than 0.100”).

Ground plane slots are strongly discouraged.