Dear Experts, I have a question about the layout of PCI Express traces. We planned to use 5mil trace width and 6mil (or 7mil) air gap for each PCIE differential pair. But there are two GND pads that are located at the both sides of the differential pair (Each differential pair is sandwiched by two GND pads) . The spacing between GND pad and PCIE trace is only 5mil. As PCIE has very high swithing frequency, my concerns are if the two GND pads will impact PCIE signal quality. Is it possible that PCIE signal will be coupling to GND pads ? Thanks for you help. Best regards, Peter ------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 FAQ wiki page is located at: http://si-list.org/wiki/wiki.pl?Si-List_FAQ List technical documents are available at: http://www.si-list.org 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