Quazi, Try a web search for impedance matching tapers, there are many methods, 1/4wave transformers, bessel, expotential, binomial, klopfenstien, some of which can be designed with widebandwidths. Regards John qazi@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: > R: [SI-LIST] Impedance Mismatch due to neck downThanks guys for the > responses. > One reason for which we do not want to have 4-5 mil traces all the way is > the resistive loss. > 5 mils within the DUT and then gradual increase to 8 mils looks like a > pretty good solution. > Rgds, > Qazi Iqbal > -----Original Message----- > From: Guasti Giovanni [mailto:Giovanni.Guasti@xxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Friday, June 24, 2005 12:41 AM > To: 'qazi@xxxxxxxxxx'; si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: R: [SI-LIST] Impedance Mismatch due to neck down > > > I agree with Paul, a slow signal would not notice the 1-2 cm long trace > impedance mismatch. > But you could think to make 5 mils traces ewerywere too. 65 Ohm is not = > so > high but there are some simple ways to reduce it further. > > If you choose a dieletric thickness around 0.150mm you'll obtain an > impedance of 50 ohm. > Isn't er=4 too low? with an er=4.3-4.4 the impedance reduces from 6= > 5 to > 60ohm. > With a 8 mil trace and er=4.4 -> Zo=47ohm. Is it what you would lik= > e to > obtain? > By > Giovanni > > -----Messaggio originale----- > Da: Qazi Arif Iqbal [mailto:qazi@xxxxxxxxxx] > Inviato: giovedì 23 giugno 2005 19.59 > A: si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Oggetto: [SI-LIST] Impedance Mismatch due to neck down > > > > Hi Experts, > The board that I am using is of a stripline setup with 8mil traces (1 o= > z > Cu), FR-4 (4.0) and 10 mil dielectric thickness which gives 50ohm > (relatively low speed). The BGA is tightly pitched and I have to neckdo= > wn > traces around 4-5 mils which gives impedance mismatch (65.4 ohm). Neckd= > own > is a must but I also want to avoid impedance mismatch, is there any way= > of > doing it? Does doubling help? (looks like this would give a parallel of= > 2 > 65.4ohms = 32.7, worse than what I have). > > Thanks in advance, > Qazi > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > 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 > > > > > > -- > PRIVACY WARNING: For auditing purposes, a copy of this message has bee= > n > saved in a permanent database. > > > > > > -- > PRIVACY WARNING: For auditing purposes, a copy of this message has bee= > n > saved in a permanent database. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > 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 > > > > > > -- > PRIVACY WARNING: For auditing purposes, a copy of this message has been > saved in a permanent database. > > > > -- > PRIVACY WARNING: For auditing purposes, a copy of this message has been > saved in a permanent database. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > 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 > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ 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