Hi all, I am looking into increasing inductance and the Q factor of the antenna for an RFID tag. The antenna is etched on a printed circuit board. The antenna is a planar coil, the conductor is basically rectangular shape (some slight taper at the edges) and the traces are wounded in a rectangular shape with rounded edges. For sure, increasing the number of windings will increase L. But how will L and Q react, if I widen the lines (line-to-line pitch constant = reducing spacing, keeping all other parameters constant, ) or if I increase the copper thickness (perpendicular to the PCB surface). Unfortunately, I do not have a 3D solver that can help me answering these questions. Anyone out there, that can give me some feedback? Thanks for your help, axel ------------------------------------------------------------------ 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