A structure that is less than lambda / 10 and that only occurs a few times in a design is not likely to cause any serious issues for a digital signal. Steve On 8/20/2012 7:57 AM, Knut Gabrielsen (kngabrie) wrote: > Hello Experts! > I am involved in a design where we need to transfer ~6Gbit/s diff-signals > between a processor and an FPGA. If I route these signals as striplines > inside the PCB, there will be a stub on the (through-hole) VIA, stub-length > ~1100um = 43mil. > > My question to you all: Should I be concerned? At what frequencies will a VIA > stub seriously affect SI? > > And - will the signal see the stub itself, or just "experience" the VIA as a > stray capacitance on the transmission line? > > Rgds, > Knut > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > 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 > > > -- Steve Weir IPBLOX, LLC 150 N. Center St. #211 Reno, NV 89501 www.ipblox.com (775) 299-4236 Business (866) 675-4630 Toll-free (707) 780-1951 Fax All contents Copyright (c)2012 IPBLOX, LLC. All Rights Reserved. This e-mail may contain confidential material. If you are not the intended recipient, please destroy all records and notify the sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------ 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