Have a look at UltraCAD's website. Lots of useful info and a calculator. http://www.eskimo.com/~ultra/calc.htm
There is much to consider when designing high speed boards. Find from your fab shop the layer spacing of the build that you are using. distance above reference plane and track thickness will produce your impedance. (only scraping the surface) hope this helps, Phil. -----Original Message----- From: rimas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, 5 March 2002 13:37 To: Protel EDA Forum Subject: [PEDA] controlled impedance traces ? hi there, i suppose this question doesn't have to do with protel specifically, but i was hoping someone could answer it for me or at least point me in the right direction. (i'm not a full time PCB layout person by the way) i'm presently laying out a board with a big xilinx fpga and a gigabit ethernet phy chip on it. the datasheet for the gigabit chip says that the connections between chips need to be done with 50 ohm impedance traces. how do i calculate the impedance of a trace ? it seems like trace width and stackup order are the only two variables i have to play with. i am planning to have protos of this board made by advanced circuits, in case that makes any difference. thanks for any help, -rimas * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * To post a message: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * To leave this list visit: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/leave.html * * Contact the list manager: * mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * Forum Guidelines Rules: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/forumrules.html * * Browse or Search previous postings: * http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
