Hi, I appreciate if you care to offer your help on the following two xtalk scenarios 1. xtalk from vertical via to horizontal trace via --| ----------------------------------------pwr | | | | ----------------------trace | --|------------------------------------gnd | -------------- Only read some literature that talk about via to via coupling. I wonder how much direct coupling is from vertical via to horizontal trace is. I think it is minimum since the trace is close to the ground. Let us think differently. It is well known that the current transition through via cause voltage diff between parallel planes (pwr and gnd) fluctuates. Does the fluctuation then impact signal on the trace? 2. pwr reference impact on signal ----------------------------------------pwr ----------------------trace --------------------------------------gnd If power plane above trace is noisy but stays larger distance to trace than ground plane, how much does the power plane affect trace reference to ground? Kind of similar to the first question above. Thanks. Shawn ------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 technical documents are available at: http://www.si-list.net 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