You need to look at: Timing requirements Rise time Termination scheme Channel length Cable length Impedance at the connector transitions Impedance in the cable Signal assignments / Return path At 10ns / bit if the channel isn't very long it could be that even garbage will work OK. Going through 1m cable would be another matter. Steve ranjith wrote: > Dear Experts, > We are plannng to use FPC (Flex Cable) for external local bus signals > (Adddress, 16-bit Data and Control signals) (Maximum 104MHz) from > board-to-board. > The FPC mating Connector pin-to-pin pitch is 0.3 mm. > > FPC cable contact pin is gold plated and Flex cable trace width is 0.2 mm and > trace-to-trace spacing (Air gap)is 0.1 mm. Maximum cable length is 5 cm ( 2 > inch). > > Is this recommned to run parallel bus (104Mhz) lines using this FPC cable? > Will it create any cross talk and signal integrity issues? > > And what is the Maximum and Minimum bus frequency we can use in FPC cables > (Max length 2 inch)? > > Thanks in Advance. > > Thanks > Ranjith > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > 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 > 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 > > > > -- Steve Weir IPBLOX, LLC 150 N. Center St. #211 Reno, NV 89501 (866) 675-4630 Business (707) 780-1951 Fax http://www.ipblox.com A Teraspeed Consulting Group LLC Partner Teraspeed Consulting Group 121 North River Drive Narragansett, RI 02882 (401) 284-1827 Business (401) 284-1840 Fax Teraspeed Labs 13610 SW Harness Lane Beaverton, OR 97008 (503) 430-1065 Business (503) 430-1285 Fax A Teraspeed Consulting Group LLC Partner http://www.teraspeed.com This e-mail contains proprietary and confidential intellectual property of IPBLOX LLC ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Teraspeed(R) is the registered service mark of Teraspeed Consulting Group LLC ------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 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