John, Thank you for replying. The keypoint is how to estimate the DC resistance of return path. For matching the requirement of voltage drop, I had to estimate the minimun trace width for conductor. However, I don't what's the equivalent width of return path. S. Hall et al. (High-speed digital system design, pp.80) gave an equaltion and said the equivalent width of return path is about 6H for AC. Does the approximation still work as well if (1) DC case (2) Signal trace is cruve instead of straight between driver and receiver. Thank you in advance. --- "John Lin (???)" <John@xxxxxxxxxxxx> ���T���G> Sogo, > Nice to hear you again on this list. > > if the DC resistance is what you mentioned, then the > whole ground plane will be your return path. For low > frequency, the return current distributes widely > all over the ground plane. > > Best Regards, > > John Lin > > Quanta Computer Inc.,Taiwan, R.O.C. > Email: John@xxxxxxxxxxxx > Tel: 886+3+3272345 ext. 5183 > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Sogo Hsu [mailto:sghsu55@xxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Monday, November 04, 2002 10:22 PM > To: si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [SI-LIST] DC resistance calculation of > returen path_equivalent width? > > > > Hi SI gurus, > I have a question regarding DC resistance > calculation of return > current path. It is said the return current path > would be the least- > length path between driver and receiver. At this > moment, I would like > to estimate the required trace with to match voltage > drop spec, for > instance, USB 2.0. For conductor signal trace, the > DC resistance > would be > Rho * L/ (W*t), > but what=A1=A6s the equivalent width for return > path? Thank you in > advance. > Best regards, > Sogo Hsu > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > 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 > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- �C�ѳ� Yahoo!�_�� �e�W�W��- �ɱ��ɨ��C���B���ֻP�q�v���n���@�� adsl.yahoo.com.tw ------------------------------------------------------------------ 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