Hello Itzhak, it is possible to design and manufacture a rigid-flex floil circuit for a differential pair of 3.125GHz and even higher data rates. Due to the small thickness of the flex foil the traces are small in width which can cause tolerance problems. Check different vendors. Best regards Karsten Droegemueller -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: si-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:si-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] Im Auftrag von Hirshtal Itzhak Gesendet: Dienstag, 24. November 2009 14:21 An: si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Betreff: [SI-LIST] Multi-Giga-Hertz Rigid-Flex Feasibility Hello All My project manager intends to use a rigid-flex design in our next high-speed board. He wants to route a few pairs of 3.125GHz from a rigid section to another one through a flex section. Does anyone know if this is feasible? I found out that the 2 sections, although spec'd to be 100-Ohm diff impedance, can still differ substantially - as much as 30%, because the tolerance of the flex section is +/-20%. Can such a design work for a substantial trace length? Should I restrict the trace length on the flex section to be no more than an inch or so, in order to reduce the impact of the supposed non-uniform impedance? I intend to use a 2-layer flexible laminate with the pairs on one layer and a Ground reference on the other one. Any advice on this matter would be helpful Thanks Itzhak hirshtal The information contained in this communication is proprietary to Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd., ELTA Systems Ltd. and/or third parties, may contain classified or privileged information, and is intended only for the use of the intended addressee thereof. If you are not the intended addressee, please be aware that any use, disclosure, distribution and/or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you receive this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete it from your computer. Thank you. This message is processed by the PrivaWall Email Security Server. ------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 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