Hello, We have some issues with a SerDes which we think may be related to the trace width on the serial line. The serial port is a differential pair passing data at 3 Gb/s. The trace width is 4 mils. Length is approximately 5 inches. The differential impedance is 100 Ohms. Other information which may be of use is the board material is FR-4 with an Er of 3.9. It is specified at this data rate. My question is: Are the traces too narrow? Should I expect better performance with 8-mil traces? Thank You Rudy Sterner LSI Logic -- Binary/unsupported file stripped by Ecartis -- -- Type: text/x-vcard -- File: Rudy Sterner.vcf ------------------------------------------------------------------ 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