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Changing PCB trace width once signal-to-noise ratio is high
I'm designing a PCB to filter and amplify a differential body signal with amplitude 5 mV up to 5 V. The first part of the circuit consists of a first order highpass filter to remove any DC components from the signal. Then it moves into an instrumentation amplifier for amplification of the differential signal and attenuation of the common mode voltage. The instrumentation amplifier has a common-mode rejection ratio of 120 dB. The first stage of my circuit is seen below.
The signal-to-noise ratio before the instrumentation amplifier is
I want to maintain the signal integrity of my differential signal. To do this, there should be as little voltage drop of my signal across any impedances on the path to the amplifier as possible. A
My question is: After the amplification stage, the signal now has a 5 V amplitude, and the SNR is much greater. To what trace width am I allowed to go down to? Routing with 1 mm trace width on the entire board is not doable. Would a trace width of 0.2 mm be appropriate? Is there anything I should be aware of when changing the trace width? The board is entirely analog. Not digital circuitry.
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