u/Front-Long8414

Hello everyone,

I usually put thermal relief for the GND pin of the SMA connectors to ease the hand-soldering process.

However, this time I want to order the boards with a fabrication house (JLCPCB to be exact) and I am aware that the assembly process uses wave soldering.

So, is it worth putting thermal relief into the GND pins or I can just pour the copper directly over the pins? If so, which would be a "good" relief?

My board is 4 layers (1,6mm) with 2 full GND inner layers.

Thanks a lot folks.

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