I don't think I've ever seen sharp corners on a trace (20 years?) Since every CAD program I know assigns round apertures for routes, corners look rounded. So where are all these sharp corners coming from? tape? Jack (an old guy) On 8/8/08, DAVID CUTHBERT <telegrapher9@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Chris, > I can run a quick SONNET sim for you to show what happens with sharp 90 > degree corners and with chamfered corners. The sharp corners add some > capacitance and lower the Z0. For anything that I have done this effect was > almost negligible. > > Howard Johnson's book has a section on this, I think. > > > Dave Cuthbert > > On Fri, Aug 8, 2008 at 12:11 PM, <Chris.McGrath@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > I used to have a copy of a public paper that debunked the myth that > stated > > the evils of using 90 degree corners when routing PCB traces. I can't > > seem to find it on the web, so I'm hoping that one of you may either have > > a copy of it or can point me to the link. Feel free to email me directly > > with the attachment since the SI List server will block it. > > Thanks! > > Chris > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > Chris McGrath > > Applications Engineer > > chris.mcgrath@xxxxxxxx > > Office: 480.704.7061 > > Blackberry: 480.747.3848 > > www.smsc.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 technical documents are available at: > > http://www.si-list.net > > > > 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 technical documents are available at: > http://www.si-list.net > > 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 technical documents are available at: http://www.si-list.net 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