Hi folks, Typically our SI / EE guys tells us, give me a diff pairs with 1x or 1.5x spacing between +/-. If we apply below 'equation' "The proximity of the grounded second trace really does decrease the impedance of the signal trace, and it drops it more as the ground trace gets closer. However, the effect is very small. As long as the adjacent trace is at least a line width away, it has an impact of less than 0.1 on the impedance of the line. When it is within half a line width away, the impedance drops by 1 , and then drops faster as the ground trace gets closer." http://www.bethesignal.com/_FileLibrary/MonthlyColumn/64/BTS076_Calculating_Characteristic_Impedence_0307PCDM.pdf Doesn't anything more then 1x have no proximity effect? Or am I applying this wrongly. thanks -lthemanz ____________________________________________________________________________________Ready for the edge of your seat? Check out tonight's top picks on Yahoo! TV. http://tv.yahoo.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 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