Mark, Most PCB edge launch SMA's do not currently have the bandwidth to support a 70GHz bandwidth. If you are truly serious, you will need to utilize a tool like CST or Ansoft to fully model the SMA-PCB-trace interface. This is non-trivial, it is not for the faint of heart. You are asking for a design that only a few people in the world can do. This is not something that "rules-of-thumb" can answer. You need expert help, or the equivalent of your own time to learn the tools and how to deal with the tool errors that will be evident at these frequencies. Lastly, what tool would you use to measure something at 70GHz bandwidth? This again is non trivial, the fixturing required to have a 70G bandwidth is very select or totally custom. Hope this doesn't scare you away. Regards -Ed Sayre At 10:54 AM 10/6/2004 -0500, Moeller, Merrick wrote: >Experts, > I am looking for information regarding the design >of a CPW launch for an edgemount coax connector. What >are the best available resources for the design of CPW >structures for testing, or otherwise? > What are some of the considerations in the >design of a CPW? Do's and Don'ts would be good. I would >like to support frequencies up to 70GHz. >Regards, >Merrick M. Moeller > > >------------------------------------------------------------------ >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 > > > >!DSPAM:416415ce13934428185258! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NORTH EAST SYSTEMS ASSOCIATES, INC ------------------------------------- "High Performance Engineering & Design" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dr. Edward Sayre 3rd e-mail: esayre3@xxxxxxxx NESA, Inc. http://www.nesa.com/ 5 Lan Drive, Suite 200 Tel +1.978.392-8787 x 218 Westford, MA 01886 USA Fax +1.978.392-8686 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------------------------------------------------------------------ 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