Most PCB material vendors publish their "prepreg" thicknesses as well as their "core" thicknesses, and the electrical properties of each. Typically the outer layers use "prepregs" on the outer layers. It's common to use prepregs as thin as 2.5 (or 2.7) mils on outer layers. Jeff Loyer -----Original Message----- From: si-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:si-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Grasso, Charles Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2014 7:52 AM To: si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [SI-LIST] Thickness of glue used on outer layers of PCB Hello all, When using thin (i.e ~3.5mils) dielectrics for the outer layers of (say) a 4 layer board - how thick (typically) is the glue layer that binds the outer layer? I am interested whether there might be a significant change in the effective Er that will affect impedance calculations. Thanks! Best Regards Charles Grasso Compliance Engineer Echostar Communications (w) 303-706-5467 (c) 303-204-2974 (t) 3032042974@xxxxxxxxx (e) charles.grasso@xxxxxxxxxxxx (e2) chasgrasso@xxxxxxxxx ------------------------------------------------------------------ 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