Marc-André, Even with good design, you will have some discontinuity in either the common or the differential mode. This alone isn't critical if transitions are well designed, but it might create a resonance if more than one transition back and forth happens along the line. Especially if there are equal electrical lengths in between the transitions. You can check for resonance frequencies with a simple circuit simulation with trace or W-elements. BR Gert ---------------------------------------- Absender ist HARTING Electronics GmbH, Marienwerderstraße 3, D-32339 Espelkamp; Registergericht: Amtsgericht Bad Oeynhausen; Register-Nr.: HRB 8808; Vertretungsberechtige Geschäftsführer: Dipl.-Kfm. Edgar-Peter Düning, Dipl.-Ing. Torsten Ratzmann -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: si-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:si-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] Im Auftrag von Marc-André Filion Gesendet: Freitag, 1. Februar 2013 23:36 An: SI-LIST mailing list Betreff: [SI-LIST] Loose coupling vs tight at the same time Hi, We're having a discussion here and I would like to know your thought about it. How bad is it to transition from tight coupling diff signal to loose coupling signal and vice-versa. We have a case here where we pass-thru a pin field and we reduce the coupling from loose to tight for 2"and get back to loose after. I'm not sure that it's a good approach. What's your idea on this? Marc-André Filion ------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 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