True perpendicular routing should not introduce any significant cross-talk. If you are autorouting, I would be more concerned with keeping the number of layer swaps and their associated vias / via stubs in check. On the other hand, if you have significant parallelism between offset stripline layers then you can manually estimate or better use a field solver to figure out how much cross-talk you are going to get. It should come as little surprise that if you have 4 mils to your return plane and 4 mils to parallel victim traces that you can couple a significant amount of energy into the victim traces. You would want to review that carefully to see if it is enough. Steve Hirshtal Itzhak wrote: > Hi Experts! > > > I use double-stripline layers for MGb (PCI-Ex, sRIO) pair routing. I > ordered the PCB Designer not to route such pairs on adjacent layers, > close to each other, not even PERPENDICULAR to each other. > > > > Now it seems I can't avoid it any more. My PCB Designer seems to run out > of real-estate. > > > > I have 4-mil separation between the 2 layers and 4-mil from each one to > a GND layer on each side. > > > > The pairs are running at 2.5 to 3.125 Gb/s > > > > What risks, if any, I run into, if I do permit routing the pairs > perpendicular to each other? Are there any precautions I should take > while doing it? > > > > Thanks > > > > Itzhak Hirshtal > > > > Elta > > > > The information contained in this communication is proprietary to Israel > Aerospace Industries Ltd., ELTA Systems Ltd. > and/or third parties, may contain classified or privileged information, and > is intended only for > the use of the intended addressee thereof. If you are not the intended > addressee, please be aware > that any use, disclosure, distribution and/or copying of this communication > is strictly prohibited. > If you receive this communication in error, please notify the sender > immediately and delete it from > your computer. Thank you. > > > This message is processed by the PrivaWall Email Security Server. > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > 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 > > > > -- Steve Weir IPBLOX, LLC 150 N. Center St. #211 Reno, NV 89501 www.ipblox.com (775) 299-4236 Business (866) 675-4630 Toll-free (707) 780-1951 Fax ------------------------------------------------------------------ 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