I have to jump in here but from the looks of things this is just a standard transmission line problem. Impedance seen by the driver is a function of the load impedance, the line characteristic impedance , the distance between the impedance reference point ( in this case the 20 ohm resistor) and the load impedance, and the wave length. The wave length in this case is about 1000 inches ( in air ) and since your trace is probably less then a foot , I would say that you can treat this as a DC problem with the total load impedance seen by the driver as 91 ohms. I don't see a problem with attenuation due to loss or mismatch. Justin Tabatchnick SI Group Intel, Sacramento ------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 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