Jeff et al - Anytime I go under a 100 mils, my CAD guys want an explanation. And they don't want theory. I match lengths according to degrees of phase at the frequency of operation. The max I go is 4 to 5 degrees of phase. At 1GBs, one UI(bit width)is 1 nS. For FR4, Er = 4.0, 1 deg = 33 mils. 3 deg ~ 100 mils. The maximum frequency for 100 mils matching would be ~ 875MHz. Anthing faster than that I would match at less than 100 mils. I think this whole area is fertile ground for research, since it seems to be pretty arbitrary in the literature. Ken -----Original Message----- From: si-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:si-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Jeff Seeger Sent: Friday, June 01, 2007 12:38 PM To: si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [SI-LIST] Re: Matching within 1 mil is just plain sillyness Thank you, Scott and Lee, for defending the physical designer. For decades now, we've been asked to meet rules like 1 mil, 10 mils, 100 mils. I often dig further and find we're working with 1 nS edges or skew budgets in 100s of pS. Unlike the machine shop, we can't laugh as the next guy will simply put the take-up wire length under the pad. And FWIW when arranging skew on a complex topology, what sounds like "free" on one path increases difficulty, layers, or both by orders of magnitude on wide busses or between large, densely arrayed parts. I find this "free" effort is usually coming out of my hide. Maybe there are in-house groups where this effort is intentionally funded? -- Jeff Seeger Applied CAD Knowledge Inc Chief Technical Officer Tyngsboro, MA 01879 jseeger "at" appliedcad "dot" com 978 649 9800 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 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