To follow on, the displacement current will launch a cavity wave between the planes. If there is a natural resonant frequency in the cavity (and there always is) the wave will be reinforced, thereby causing noise and crosstalk amplification. On Mon, Aug 5, 2013 at 2:12 PM, Antonis Orphanou <orphanou@xxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote: > The ground will be continuous anyways. If there is not a continuous > conductive path to complete it then it will continue through voltage > gradients as a displacement current. > > Thanks > Antonis. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: si-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:si-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > On Behalf Of Balaji G > Sent: Sunday, August 04, 2013 11:43 AM > To: si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [SI-LIST] Return current of a trace in stripline > > Hi Experts, > We discussed a lot regarding path of return current before and this is > regarding the path of return current in a stripline trace. As far I learnt, > the return current will take the path of least resistance at low > frequencies and path of less inductance at high frequency and hence the > reason that return current travels in the plane directly under the signal's > trace. My question is if we consider a signal travelling in a stripline > which is sandwiched between the ground and split power plane where the > signal to ground distance is 3.7mils and signal to split power plane > distance is 4.3mils, should we worry about the split power plane at high > frequency (say 3GHz) as the signal to ground distance is the path of least > inductance and all the return current for high frequency signal trace flows > in the ground plane causing no reflection/ EMI issues? Is my thinking > right? Can you please provide your thoughts on this? > > Regards, > > Balaji > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > 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 forum is accessible at: > http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list > > List archives are viewable at: > //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list > > 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 forum is accessible at: > http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list > > List archives are viewable at: > //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list > > Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: > http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu > > > -- Scott McMorrow Teraspeed Consulting Group LLC 16 Stormy Brook Rd Falmouth, ME 04105 (401) 284-1827 Business http://www.teraspeed.com Teraspeed® is the registered service mark of Teraspeed Consulting Group LLC ------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 forum is accessible at: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list List archives are viewable at: //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu