I'd say no...better off doing via's to the plane
rather than trying to tie it that way.  Seems to me it
would act as a stripline antenna?

Unless of course, its a tie from digital to analog
ground?  But then again you want it as short as
possible and usually be a zeroohm jumper deal.

--- William Chops Westfield <westfw@mac.com> wrote:

> 
> On Jan 29, 2005, at 8:02 AM, Rick Thompson wrote:
> 
> >> unconnected copper pour fragments will actually
> hurt, not help,
> >> an EMI situation. Make sure those pieces are
> actually GND.
> 
> Is it useful to have pieces of ground plane with
> single narrow
> traces connecting it to the rest of the ground
> plane?
> 
> BillW
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