Jeff, into the paper , they specified that eddy current created in the floating plane influence the coupling between signal and ground (making the partial mutual inductance lower and consequently the Leff worse) I made quick quasistatic simulation and I got better Leff. I'll take a deeper look Jean Audet Electrical Analysis World Wide Packaging & Test IBM Burlington Tel: 802-769-0835, tie line: 446-0835 Tel: 450-534-6317, tie line: 552-6317 E-mail: jaudet@xxxxxxxxxx "Loyer, Jeff" <jeff.loyer@intel To: Jean Audet/Bromont/IBM@IBMCA, <si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> .com> cc: Subject: RE: [SI-LIST] J.L. Prince (Influcence of a floating plane......) Arizona 05/16/2003 02:32 university PM A quick note, since no-one else replied. This is contrary to my intuition and what a simple XFX simulation shows. Adding a 2nd plane above the signal lowers Leff in that simulation. So, I'm surprised also. without plane above: i j Lij Cij Ze Zo Se So Fwdx Rvsx from to (nh/in) (pf/in) (ohms) (ohms) (ns/ft)(ns/ft) (s/s) (v/v) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 1 8.963 1.363 81.09 - 1.33 - - - with plane (conductor 2)above i j Lij Cij Ze Zo Se So Fwdx Rvsx from to (nh/in) (pf/in) (ohms) (ohms) (ns/ft)(ns/ft) (s/s) (v/v) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 1 7.076 3.075 49.35 - 1.72 - - - 1 2 0.506 2.378 104.25 34.71 0.87 2.27 -0.890 0.500 2 2 1.018 16.383 8.18 - 1.49 - - - Jeff Loyer -----Original Message----- From: Jean Audet [mailto:jaudet@xxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2003 9:56 AM To: si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [SI-LIST] J.L. Prince (Influcence of a floating plane......) Arizona university Around 1996-1997, a presentation have been done by University of Arizona about the '' Influence of a Floating Plane on Effective Ground Plane in Thin Film Multilayer and Lead Frame package'' Into this presentation, the effective inductance simulation for a multilayer package having floating plane above is worst than whitout floating plane. Basically the structure (x-section) is the following Floating plane Signal Ground plane The Leff graph shows a Leff lower for structure whitout floating plane. I'm little surprise about the simulation results. Is someone has more data about that... or maybe M. Prince may reply if he is in the distribution list Also I have only a hard copy of this presentation, Is someone else has a soft copy ? Jean Audet Electrical Analysis World Wide Packaging & Test IBM Burlington Tel: 802-769-0835, tie line: 446-0835 Tel: 450-534-6317, tie line: 552-6317 E-mail: jaudet@xxxxxxxxxx ------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 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 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