PlusLee, A plane is normally physically wider than a signal trace. Since a plane is wider then the current distribution spreads out more across it. Thus the number of field lines around it decreases and thus the self inductance decreases.=20 The combination of a power and ground plane next to each other in a stackup will reduce the total inductance of each because of the increased mutual inductance. inductance of power plane -> Ltotal for power plane =3D self Lpowerplane - Lmutual (where mutual = is between pwr and gnd) for more information I strongly recommend you get a book like Eric Bogatins "signal integrity simplified" or Dr Johnson's bible. Thanks Chris =20 -----Original Message----- From: si-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:si-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of plus lee Sent: 22 December 2004 02:25 To: si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [SI-LIST] Inductance of PWR&GND plane and other signal line Hi, all experts, I am a newcomer to learning SI & PI,and have some questions about = inductance of power, ground, and signal line. Why the inductance of PWR&GND plane is less than signal line? Is the series of many nets or the plane wider than signal? thanks for your help Best regard PlusLee ------------------------------------------------------------------ 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: =20 //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 =20 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 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