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03/24/07 01:31
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#135728 - Controlled impedance
Responding to: ???'s previous message
Hi Mike,

Look up "controlled impedance trace calculations." Also look up "trace impedance calculator."

Check out this link
http://www.polarinstruments.com/

Good luck.

Joe


P.S. Just so you know, I'm not trying to be coy by giving you sparse answers. It's just that that this is a very complex subject and there is no simple answer to your question. There are simple approximations that you can use to get close, but even that will require that you study the subject in significantly greater depth than you're currently exhibiting. Don't just look for a couple of "plug & play" equations. You will not be well served for having done so. Look up some literature on the subject and read. Then try to apply what you read to your problem. In the end you'll still need to do some approximating on your calculations, but you'll at least be doing so knowingly.

And if you're sending your gerber data out to a board shop, there's a good chance that all you'll need to do is say, "Make these traces X ohms."



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TopicAuthorDate
Track lengths and widths (8051)            01/01/70 00:00      
   Controlled impedance            01/01/70 00:00      
      It wont work out            01/01/70 00:00      
         See the edited version of my original reply.            01/01/70 00:00      
      an approximation is OK.            01/01/70 00:00      
         Hard to really guide but...            01/01/70 00:00      
            thanks for the width            01/01/70 00:00      
               This is why Erik goes ballistic            01/01/70 00:00      
   Clock signals            01/01/70 00:00      
      thank you            01/01/70 00:00      
         fast signals don't care about width            01/01/70 00:00      
   "Clock signals"?            01/01/70 00:00      
      clock            01/01/70 00:00      
         be careful, Mike            01/01/70 00:00      
            1983 Fourth Edition            01/01/70 00:00      
         Length is more important than width            01/01/70 00:00      
         Try this, Mike            01/01/70 00:00      
            I've tried to explain this.            01/01/70 00:00      
               What Mike wants            01/01/70 00:00      
               I meant "Dave and Kai"            01/01/70 00:00      
               I understand...            01/01/70 00:00      
               Join the club!            01/01/70 00:00      
                  Interesting note, Kai...            01/01/70 00:00      
   signal integrity            01/01/70 00:00      
      Very cute            01/01/70 00:00      

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