Chai, Check the message archives. It has been dealt with quite a bit in the past. I believe that UltraCad undertook some work with Ritchey Lee as well. Below 10's of GHz I believe the consensus is that there is little perceptible electrical effects of 90 degree versus 45 degree bends. Regards, At 05:28 PM 4/29/2002 +0800, Ched-Chang Chai wrote: >Dear all, >I have read some articles about trace bend on printed circuit board and I >have basic idea about the effect of trace bends. I would like to know more >about this topic. Hope someone can help. >(1) Will the trace bend gives significant electromagnetic radiation? >(2) How significant is the impedance discontinuity at the bends in actual >PCB design? >(3) How the sharp bends (90 degree or 45 degree) affect the skin effect? >(4) Is there any good article, paper or book about this subject? >Thank you very much in advance. >-- >Rgds, >Chai > >_________________________________________________________________ >Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.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 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 > ------------------------------------------------------------------ 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