Sunil, At 10Gb/s in FR4, you'll degrade the Tr about 10ps per inch of travel. I think Eric Bogatin says if you degrade your Tr by 30% you will need to depend on equalization to recover your signal. -----Original Message----- From: si-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:si-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of sunil.mekad@xxxxxxxxx Sent: Monday, May 16, 2005 4:34 AM To: si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [SI-LIST] Routing 10G differential lines over Standard FR-4 Hi Everyone, I was planning to route high speed differential traces 10Gbps over standard FR-4 material. Can anyone suggest which FR-4 material can be used (Nelco N4000-6 or Rogers RO4350)? Is it possible to do use standard FR-4 without compromising signal quality. Also is it recommended to route these traces over microstrip rather than striplines traces? If I route it over stripline then it would require vias to be put on every pair of these differential traces .. I am not too comfortable doing that!! Can anyone tell what can be done? Thanks in anticipation, Regards, Sunil Confidentiality Notice=0D The information contained in this electronic message and any attachments to= this message are intended for the exclusive use of the addressee(s) and may contain confidential or= privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender at Wipro or= Mailadmin@xxxxxxxxx immediately and destroy all copies of this message and any attachments. ------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.11.10 - Release Date: 5/13/2005 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.11.10 - Release Date: 5/13/2005 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 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