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Altium Develop unites your stackup, routing, and manufacturing workflows in one cloud platform so your signal integrity decisions reach the fabricator without friction: https://www.altium.com/develop?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=pcb-routing&utm_content=gssg-stackup-design-internal-signal-routing-impedance-control A ground-signal-signal-ground (GSSG) stackup flips the traditional four-layer architecture inside out, placing ground planes on the outer layers and routing your signals on the two internal layers. In this Altium Academy deep dive, host Zach Peterson walks through a real one-minute design review submission to show how to set up a GSSG stackup correctly in the Layer Stack Manager — from copper weights and dielectric thickness to defining signal layers, calculating controlled impedance, and choosing the right reference planes for 50-ohm traces. You'll also learn the routing techniques that keep these boards manufacturable and electrically clean: adding a little routing on the outer ground layers without breaking the reference, using coplanar impedance profiles with ground pour on internal layers, stitching ground across plane splits, and applying orthogonal routing to minimize broadside coupling and crosstalk. The video closes with more exotic builds — blind vias, buried vias, and HDI microvia structures — so you can adapt a GSSG arrangement to four-layer or six-layer designs alike. 👉 Resources from this video: - Orthogonal PCB Routing for Beginners: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OgKnB_bZ5Y 💡 Stay Connected: Don't forget to like, comment, and subscribe for more in-depth tutorials and tips from @AltiumAcademy Share your thoughts and questions in the comments below! 👉 Subscribe for more: https://www.youtube.com/@AltiumAcademy?sub_confirmation=1 Don't forget to follow us on social to stay up-to-date on the latest Altium Academy content. 👉 Follow Altium on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@altiumdesigner 👉 Follow Altium on Twitter: https://twitter.com/altium 👉 Follow Altium on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/altium/ 👉 Follow Altium on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AltiumOfficial/ The Altium Academy is an online experience created to bring modern education to PCB Designers and Engineers all across the world. Here you can access a vast library of free training and educational content covering everything from basic design to advanced principles and step-by-step walkthroughs. Join industry legends as they share their career knowledge, review real-life design projects, or learn how to leverage one of Altium's leading design tools. No matter your level of experience, the Altium Academy can help you become a better Designer and Engineer! About Altium LLC Altium LLC (ASX:ALU), a global software company based in San Diego, California, is accelerating the pace of innovation through electronics. From individual inventors to multinational corporations, more PCB designers and engineers choose Altium software to design and realize electronics-based products. #Altium #PCBDesign #SignalIntegrity 0:00 Intro 4:52 PCB Stackup Structure Focus ️ 7:00 Defining Plane Layers ️ 8:18 Ground Copper Pour Impact 9:23 Prepreg and Core Layers ️ 10:52 Routing on Outer Layers ️ 12:51 Internal Layer Routing 14:42 Consistent Return Path ️ 16:13 Broadside Coupling Risks 17:19 Orthogonal Routing Benefits 19:43 Sublamination Build Options ️ 21:05 HDI Design Considerations