I can't wait to see next years DesignCon paper on "Numerical Modeling Techniques for Predicting the Effects of Dust, Pet Hair and Worm Poop on Gigabit Interconnects". I hopefully will deserve an acknowledgement for coming up with the title! Cheers, see you DesignCon bound folks in a couple weeks. -Brett -----Original Message----- From: si-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:si-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Loyer, Jeff Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2007 10:06 AM To: scott@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [SI-LIST] Re: Dust and humidity impact on the signal It should be representative dust, with its corresponding Er. I don't think sawdust is a representative component, unless you've got your workshop in the kitchen (not that there's ANYTHING wrong with that, Scott, if you do - grin). =3D20 I would propose dog or cat hair as a better material to spread over your board before TDR'ing it. If the study is taken to its extremes, the Er of various breeds could be determined, and characteristic impedance taken into account when visiting the pound. I hope the study finds a negligible effect due to dust - every home computer I've ever worked on has incredible amounts of dust. Maybe another reason to recommend stripline. :-) Cheers, Jeff Loyer -----Original Message----- From: si-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:si-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Scott McMorrow Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2007 9:39 AM To: Fabrizio.Zanella@xxxxxxx Cc: Dorin.Oprea@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [SI-LIST] Re: Dust and humidity impact on the signal To follow up, accommodation of the impact of humidity on Er and = loss=3D20 tangent should be fairly easy, although I've not tried it. 1) Dry out your target material in an autoclave 2) Weigh it. 3) Place the material in a humidity chamber 4) Weigh it. 5) Compute the percentage water by weight. 6) Compute the average increase in Er and loss tangent by using the=3D20 ratios of dielectric and absorbed water. Once you know these, it should be possible to create a lossy dielectric=3D20 model that is a pretty close match for 2D or 3D solvers. For extra=3D20 credit, actual material measurements could be made using one of the many methods know for Er and TanD extraction, at multiple frequency points,=3D20 to create a more precise frequency dependent model. However, I think if you perform steps 1 to 6 above you'll be closer than you might imagine=3D20 (assuming that you know your original material properties well. I wouldn't worry much about dust, except for microstrip. In that case,=3D20 I guess one could make some TDR measurements with and without dust and=3D20 see what happens. (It's not like it's hard to create some good dust ...=3D20 just get yourself a good circular saw, create some fine dust, and=3D20 sprinkle it over the trace. Scott McMorrow Teraspeed Consulting Group LLC 121 North River Drive Narragansett, RI 02882 (401) 284-1827 Business (401) 284-1840 Fax http://www.teraspeed.com Teraspeed(r) is the registered service mark of Teraspeed Consulting Group LLC Fabrizio.Zanella@xxxxxxx wrote: > Dorin, there's a good paper from DesignCon 2004 which has information on > measurements on serial links including the effect of temperature and > humidity=3D3D2E > 'The Impact of Environmental Conditions on Channel Performance', by Greg > Sheets, Agere and John D'Ambrosia, Tyco=3D3D2E You can take the dk > information and apply it as a variable in a 3D simulator, and then use a > parametric sweep=3D3D2E > > I can send you this paper if you're interested=3D3D2E > > Regards, > > Fabrizio Zanella > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dorin=3D3D2EOprea@alcatel-lucent=3D3D2Ecom > [mailto:Dorin=3D3D2EOprea@alcatel-lucent=3D3D2Ecom] > Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2007 10:59 AM > To: si-list@freelists=3D3D2Eorg > Subject: 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