You may want to check this publication as well: http://www.ece.uwaterloo.ca/~oramahi/IEEE-TADVP-Surface-Feb2008.pdf Should you have any questions, feel free to email me. - Xin On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 5:58 PM, Moreira, Jose <jose.moreira@xxxxxxxxxx>wrote: > In the paper "PCB Loadboard Design Challenges for Multi-Gigabit Devices in > Automated Test Applications" presented at Designcon 2006 there is a > comparison of the measured loss of a 19 mil microstrip trace with different > surface finished including thin and thick gold plating. The results are also > presented in the just launched book "An Engineer's Guide to Automated > Testing of High-Speed Interfaces" > > Another paper on this topic is: > > G. Brist, D. Cullen, D. Luttrull, and J. Martin, ?Reduction of > High-Frequency Signal Loss > through the Control of Conductor Geometry and Surface Metallization,? > International > Conference of the Surface Mount Technology Association (SMTA), 2002. > > I hope this is of some help. > > Jose > > -----Original Message----- > From: si-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx on behalf of Scott McMorrow > Sent: Thu 8/26/2010 5:40 PM > To: silist > Subject: [SI-LIST] Electroless Ni-Au Plating impact on microstrip losses > > > > > Sorry about that. This is the question I sent out. > > > Is anyone aware of any published research on Ni-Au plating over > Microstrip and the impact on losses other than: > > "Ni-Au Surface Finish Effects on RF Performance", D. Staiculescu, J. > Laskar, J. Mendelsohn, E. Sweetman, D. Rudy and I. Artaki , IEEE MTT-S > Digest, 1999, pp 1909-1912. > > > -- > Scott McMorrow > Teraspeed Consulting Group LLC > 121 North River Drive > Narragansett, RI 02882 > (401) 284-1827 Business > (401) 284-1840 Fax > > 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 technical documents are available at: > http://www.si-list.net > > List archives are viewable at: > //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list > > 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 technical documents are available at: > http://www.si-list.net > > List archives are viewable at: > //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list > > 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 technical documents are available at: http://www.si-list.net List archives are viewable at: //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu