Every power plane is a ground plane for high frequency purposes. There should be no material difference between the two implementations. If there is, something is really wrong with the power supply bypassing strategy. The choice between stripline and microstrip is generally driven by the particulars of the board layout. There is no definitive choice of one over the other based on general principles, only as circumstances dictate. Orin Laney On Sat, 22 Sep 2007 11:12:19 +0530 "Raja Anand" <raja.anand@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > Hi All, > For high speed differential signals (3.125Gbps ), is it really > required to > take these signals between Gnd Planes. Which option should I go for > from > below if my stack up is symmetrical? > > Option1: > L4 - Power > L5 - Signal > L6 ? GND > > Option2: > L4 - GND > L5 - Signal > L6 ? GND > > Regards, > Raja > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > 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 > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ 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