Hi Everyone, Does anyone knows of better insulator material or any other solution that can reduce the impedance change on top layer strip line. Based on our current routing plan, most of the high-speed lines will be microstrip line on the top layer. Therefore, most of the trace will be under the docking plate that will attach the board to tester for automation purposes, with 2 mm thick insulator (G-10 material, er=5, loss tangent = 0.019 @ 1MHz) between the board and the plate, apparently the line impedance will be changed , and a 50 ohms trace will become 41 ohms. any help will be appreciated thanks Mohsen ------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 FAQ wiki page is located at: http://si-list.org/wiki/wiki.pl?Si-List_FAQ List technical documents are available at: http://www.si-list.org 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