Hi, Pat: The intrinsic reason of the skin depth is that the EM field dumps during penetrating the metal. So, we may calculate the depth in this way: 1. Calculate the skin depth of first layer, then calculate how much did EM field attenuate after it pass through the first layer. 2. Then calculate that how much can the EM field go deep into the second layer, it depends on that the field attenuate to the same level as ingorable. thanks Bi,Han Pat Diao <Pat_Diao@xxxxxxxx> wrote: It sounds like an old and well estabilished subject on skin depth calculation. But here is what happening.... Consider a copper wire with 10 mils in diameter. If the wire is surrounded by a layer of, say 1 mil thick, of cover material which has a conductivity between conductor and non-conductor, therefore at certain frequency the current is partly in the cover material and partly in the Cu (Two extremes cases are the cover is of plastics and Cu). Any thoughts on an analytical solution in skin depth calculation ? Rgds, Pat Pat Diao ASAT Inc. Fremont, CA phone: (510) 249-1227 pat_diao@xxxxxxxx ------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 --------------------------------- Do You Yahoo!? "ÓÃÑÅ»¢ËÑË÷£¬ÕÒµ½¹ØÓÚ°Â˹¿¨µÄÒ»ÇÐ" ------------------------------------------------------------------ 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