The velocity of propagation is speed of light divided by the square root of dk, and each material has a different dk, thus the speed is different. V=c/SQR(dk) This dk is the effective dk, thus the resin content and glass styles used have another strong influence on the speed. Glass has a dk of approx. 6, resin approximately 3, the mis is somewhere between 3.3 and 4.6 depending on resin style and glass style. In some Datasheets (like ISOLA's datasheets) you will find dk curves for several resin contents. BR Gert ---------------------------------------- Absender ist HARTING Electronics GmbH & Co. KG; Sitz der Gesellschaft: Espelkamp; Registergericht: Bad Oeynhausen; Register-Nr.: HRA 5596; persönlich haftende Gesellschafterin: HARTING Electronics Management GmbH; Sitz der Komplementär-GmbH: Espelkamp; Registergericht der Komplementär-GmbH: Bad Oeynhausen; Register-Nr. der Komplementär-GmbH: HRB 8808; Geschäftsführer: Edgar-Peter Duening, Torsten Ratzmann, Dr. Alexander Rost -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: si-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:si-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] Im Auftrag von ryansatrom Gesendet: Donnerstag, 16. August 2012 16:47 An: si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Betreff: [SI-LIST] Stripline Propagation Velocity Hello All- I took some VNA measurements on PCB's manufactured with several different materials. Each PCB material had two 50 Ohm stripline traces on different layers: A trace between two 4 mil cores, and another trace between two 8 mil cores. I expected that the propagation velocity of two traces to be the same, but measuring the propagation delays indicated that they were not (the PCB launch and vias were calculated out.) Of the six different PCB materials that I measured, five of them were faster on the stripline trace between the 4 mil cores. The differences in speeds were outside the range that could be attributed to measurement error or manufacturing tolerances. What can the differences in speeds be attributed to? Thanks, Ryan ------------------------------------------------------------------ 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