Juan, The "clearance hole" is a void in the ground or power plane which is created so that via does not make contact with the ground/power plane. It is also known as "antipad". Mike Khusid -----Original Message----- From: Juan Manuel To: si list Sent: 7/2/02 10:36 AM Subject: [SI-LIST] a "via" doubt Hi everybody, I have a doubt about the capacitance created by a via. In Black Magic book says that the capacitance is due to the pad size approaches the clearance hole diameter. My doubt is : what is "the clearance hole diameter"? Thanks beforehand. juan manuel ------------------------------------------------------------------ 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