Edge plated printed circuit board

A printed circuit board (PCB), comprising:

• a dummy core having a circuit configuration of electrically conductive material on at least one of its surfaces;
• one or more supplemental cores being layered with the dummy core so that the printed circuit board is multilayered;
• and
• at least one plated edge to which one or more ground layers extend to form a continuous ground path, the ground layers being implemented using portions of one or more of the circuit configurations on the dummy core or on the one or more supplemental cores
• wherein the plated edge is adapted to interface with an electromagnetic interference (EMI) gasket so that the ground path is electrically coupled to the EMI gasket, the interface being maintained along substantially the plated edge's entire length, and
• wherein the EMI gasket is disposed in, and electrically coupled to an EMI chassis so that the ground path in the PCB is electrically coupled to the EMI chassis through the EMI gasket, and
• wherein a first of the one or more supplemental cores includes a layer of conductive material on at least one of its surfaces adapted for carrying power in the PCB,
• wherein a second of the one or more supplemental cores includes a layer of conductive material on at least one of its surfaces adapted for carrying signals in the PCB, and
• wherein each of the layers of conductive materials in each of the first and second of the one or more supplemental cores does not extend, nor is electrically coupled, to the plated edge.