Kevin, You should place one source termination near the clock source, before the branch. The impedance of the trace from source up to branch point should be 25 ohms. The source termination should match the clock driver output to 25 ohms line. Regards, Ravinder PCB Development and Design Department IBM Corporation Email: ajmani@xxxxxxxxxx *************************************************************************** Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest. .... Mark Twain "kevinlfitzgerald " To: si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <kevinlfitzgerald cc: @yahoo.ca> Subject: [SI-LIST] Terminating a branched clock line Sent by: si-list-bounce@fr eelists.org 04/12/2002 08:11 AM Please respond to kevinlfitzgerald Hi, I have a clock signal with a 1ns rise time which is distributed to 2 parts. The 50 Ohm lines are matched length within +/-50 thou after the branch. Our concern lies with the source termination. Should the source termination be before the branch, or immediately after the branch ? Any thoughts, Thanks, Kevin ------------------------------------------------------------------ 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