Sunil, In my view, even the traces are routed on the inner Layers ,the ground should still effect the impedance of the clock trace, as the impedance is obtained from L, C which are related to the gap between the trace and the ground, the dielectric constant(including both dielectric and air), trace width etc. Celine >From: sunil bharadwaz <sunil_bharadwaz@xxxxxxxxx> >Reply-To: sunil_bharadwaz@xxxxxxxxx >To: si-list <si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >Subject: [SI-LIST] CPW >Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2006 12:04:49 -0700 (PDT) > >Hello All , > > When a high freq clock trace is run on the Top Layer (Microstrip) , the >impedance > would change if ground gaurding is provided on either sides.This is >because > then impedance calculations would pertain to that of a Coplanar Wave >Guide. > The trace to copper clearance will set the impeadance along with the >actual > trace width,Dielectric constant & etc. > > I believe that for the clock traces routed on the inner Layers >(Stripline) ,the > ground gaurding does not effect the impedance of the clock trace. > > Pls correct me if this wrong. > > Thanks in Advance > > Regards > Sunil > __________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around >http://mail.yahoo.com > >------------------------------------------------------------------ >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 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ 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