Whether crosstalk impacts the impedance of the trace depends on the degree to which the two signals are correlated. If there is no correlation (i.e. the two signals are randomly distributed compared to each other) there is no impact. In the limit, with perfect correlation, we have one of two cases: (a) differential impedance-type impact (Z = Zo - Z12) if the correlation is perfect and negative, or (b) Common mode (Z = Zo + Z12) if there are perfectly positively correlated. Z12 depends, among other things, on the coupling coefficient between the traces. Doug At 08:48 AM 1/17/2006, Grasso, Charles wrote: >Crosstalk can dramatically affect the impedance of a trace.=20 >Under certain conditions the impedance will INCREASE and under >other conditions the impedance will DECREASE from the desired value. > ____________________________________________________________________________- Check out UltraCAD's new presentation videos and new skin effect calculator at http://www.ultracad.com ------------------------------------------------------------------ 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