Hello everyone: Recently, I studied the signal integrity of the via hole structure. I have a question about the impactof the radius of a via hole. In the paper " Full Wave Characterization of a Through Hole Via Using the Matrix-Penciled Moment Method", the author Show-Gwo concluded that " Fig. 10 depicts that the reflection and radiation loss decrease for smaller via radius ". that means the radius is smaller, the S21 parameter will be better. But I express scepticism, I built some via hole model in HFSS, and simulation results shows the radius is bigger, the S21 parameter is better. I think that the Show-Gwo getted his conclusions, because he use the Pocklington function, the via hole is seemed as thinwire, the radius is smaller, the solution is better. But that doesn't means in practicalsituation, the the radius is smaller, the S21 parameter will be better. Am I wrong? or the author Show-Gwo's results have someproblems? Looking forward toyour reply, thx. ------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 forum is accessible at: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list 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