Rama Julian Ferry and the guys at Samtec Harrisburg did some analysis and measurement work with Silver Inks on flex a few years back. You might ask them about it. Scott Rama Mohan Reddy Boreddy wrote: > Hi Experts, > In one of our earlier projects, we have used High Speed Flex PCBs. The > stackup of the 3 layer Flex is like this > > Solder Mask > Silver Ink > FR4 > Layer 1 ( HDMI, SATA and USB) > FR4 > GND > FR4 > Layer2 (HDMI, SATA ) > FR4 > Silver Ink > Solder mask > > I haven't included adhesive for the clarity. Please share your thoughts > > a) Does the Silver ink really required? Silver ink used to provide shielding > for top and bottom signal layer. But when i checked the > appliation notes, Silver Ink doesn't provide proper shielding at speed > more than 1 GHz. > > Rama > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > 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 > > > > -- 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