> > >I require a 50 ohm transmission line fabricated on a duroid PCB with Er = >of 10.5, board thickness 2.54mm. My calculations suggest 2.17mm width? = >Can anyone confirm this or suggest otherwise? > >Thanks > > > >Steve Rogers B.Eng(Hons) C.Eng IEE >RF Design Engineer >Micromill Electronics Limited > Steve- Putting the parameters you specified into Apsim RLGC field solver shows the calculated impedance to be 50.06 ohms. Sounds like you are spot on with your calculations. Here is the output from the analysis: CMATRIX (F/mm) = 1.763e-13 CMATRIXAIR (F/mm) = 2.517e-14 LMATRIX (H/mm) = 4.421e-10 GMATRIX calculated at a frequency of 1.000e+08 GMATRIX (S/mm) = 1.880e-06 RMATRIX calculated at a frequency of 1.000e+08 RMATRIX (ohm/mm) = 1.003e-03 CHARACTERISTICS OF VARIOUS MODES Mode # Z0 Effective Relative Attenuation (ohms) Dielectric Constant (dB/mm) 1 50.06+j0.33 7.01 4.959e-04 -Ray Anderson Sun Microsystems Inc. ------------------------------------------------------------------ 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