Hi, I am doing a design which requires 55 Ohms impedance. This number includes the effect of plated holes and connectors. How should I go about determining the line impedance to route with, such that the total affect will be 55Ohms with holes and connectors? The design is backplane 10-15 slots 0.8 pitch with holes about 0.050 in diamter, which will be filled with 0.2 inch pins Is there a rule of thumb for the impedance drop, or an estimation scheme Kevin Fitzgerald Jr Hardware Engineer General Dynamics Canada (613) 596-7776 kevin.fitzgerald@xxxxxxxxxxxx ------------------------------------------------------------------ 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