To provide an electrosurgical system for treating tissue.

This electrosurgical system for treating tissue includes: an electrosurgical generator; a printed circuit board, which is a printed circuit board disposed in mechanical cooperation with the electrosurgical generator and includes a plurality of conductive layers; a generator ground, which includes a first portion and a second portion, the first portion of the generator ground being electro-mechanically connected to a conductive layer of the printed circuit board, the second portion being electro-mechanically connected to another conductive layer of the printed circuit board; and a patient ground, which includes a portion that is at least partially interposed between the first portion of the generator ground and the second portion of the generator ground.