Rick the N4000-13 SI material will provide several benefits based on it's lower Er and lower Er of the SI-glass. 1) Reduced overall pcb thickness 2) Reduced local Er variation due to laminate fiberglass weave. 3) Increased power/ground plane resonant frequency, which extends the useful range of operation of thin power/ground laminates. 4) Wider, lower-loss, traces for a given dielectric thickness. 5) Thinner dielectrics for equivalent trace width. The downside 1) SI material is more expensive by about 20% 2) SI material is more costly to process, due to higher drill wear. 3) No advantage in dielectric loss over N4000-13 material. 4) Limited material laminate weaves available. Baze, Rick wrote: >A 30-layer board we are in process of designing is under discussion of >materials to use and their related advantages and disadvantages. > >The current design has the top 8 layers using N4000-13 for signal/gnd, the >next 12 layers using GETEK for power/gnd, and the bottom 10 layers again using >N4000-13 for signal/gnd. > >The proposed design is all N4000-13 SI. > >The debate is what advantages/disadvantages there are between the two designs >besides the original design requiring longer, more expensive processing. > >Feedback is greatly appreciated. > >Best Regards, >Rick >------------------------------------------------------------------ >To unsubscribe from si-list: >si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field > >or to administer your membership from a web page, go to: >//www.freelists.org/webpage/si-list > >For help: >si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the Subject field > >List FAQ wiki page is located at: > http://si-list.org/wiki/wiki.pl?Si-List_FAQ > >List technical documents are available at: > http://www.si-list.org > >List archives are viewable at: > //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list >or at our remote archives: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list/messages >Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: > http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu > > > > -- Scott McMorrow Teraspeed Consulting Group LLC 121 North River Drive Narragansett, RI 02882 (401) 284-1827 Business (401) 284-1840 Fax (503) 750-6481 Cellular http://www.teraspeed.com Teraspeed is the registered service mark of Teraspeed Consulting Group LLC ------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from si-list: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field or to administer your membership from a web page, go to: //www.freelists.org/webpage/si-list For help: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the Subject field List FAQ wiki page is located at: http://si-list.org/wiki/wiki.pl?Si-List_FAQ List technical documents are available at: http://www.si-list.org List archives are viewable at: //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list or at our remote archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list/messages Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu