Document that via capping is deliberately not modeled, with error bound
Layer-to-layer the cap (>=15 um plating per fab spec) is parallel to the annular-ring contact, so it cannot change the DC path. In-plane the model treats every via mouth as solid layer-thickness copper; the error is bounded by the dilute-hole correction (~ +2x mouth-area-fraction locally), partially offset by the unmodeled annular-ring copper, and typically well under a few percent of total R. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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@@ -70,9 +70,18 @@ SWIG API. Requires KiCad **10.0.1+**.
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barrel lengths.
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- Via/pad barrels: thin-wall annulus, R = ρ·L/(π·d·t_plating),
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`VIA_PLATING_UM = 18` in `fill_resistance/config.py`. Vias are always
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plated; capped vs uncapped does not change the layer-to-layer DC path
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(the ≥5 µm cap sits over the hole mouth in parallel with the
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annular-ring contact, not in series). Per layer a barrel attaches to
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plated. **Via capping is not modeled.** Layer-to-layer it cannot
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matter at DC: the cap (≥15 µm plating per fab spec, thinner than the
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foil) sits over the hole mouth in parallel with the annular-ring
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contact, not in series. In-plane, the model treats every via mouth as
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solid layer-thickness copper (KiCad fills do not subtract the drill),
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where reality is a hole (uncapped) or the thin cap. The error is
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bounded by the dilute-hole correction ρ_eff ≈ ρ·(1 + 2f) inside via
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fields (f = mouth area fraction; 0.3 mm drills on a 1 mm grid give
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f ≈ 7 % → ≈ +14 % locally), is partially offset by the unmodeled
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annular-ring copper, and largely vanishes where the current descends
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into the barrels anyway — typically ≪ a few % of the total R.
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Per layer a barrel attaches to
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the fill cell under it, or to the nearest copper cell within the pad
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footprint plus one grid cell — fills joined by **thermal-relief
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spokes** still connect; wider antipads do not, and the barrel bridges
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