I believe this is in reference to the routing of differential pairs between IC and R-pack. If IC and R-pack have identical pitch then the differential pair can be routed with uniform spacing, otherwise the spacing will increase when you are connecting to R-pack. I have seen similar pitch for decoupling capacitors too. How important it is to do this is anybody's guess. Regards, Ravinder Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Email: ajmani@xxxxxxxxxx *************************************************************************** Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest. .... Mark Twain "Boris Yost" <yost@rainbowdisp To: "Si-list@freelists. org" lays.com> <Si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent by: cc: si-list-bounce@fr Subject: [SI-LIST] series term + fanout = noise? eelists.org 04/23/2003 09:01 AM Please respond to yost Dear List: I just read a very nice presentation. Most of it was educational and I believe it. One particular thing I really wonder about. Assume a fine pitch IC (0.5mm) with ordinary TTL/CMOS output (not something differential or exotic), and resistor or ferrite packs for series termination close to the IC. They assert that if the R-packs have the same pitch as the IC, it will make less noise. If the IC must have fanout to match the pitch of a slightly coarser Rpack, there will be more noise. I unfortunately don't get it. The extra trace length before the series termination is going to be pretty small--we're not talking about fanout to fit 1/4W through-hole resistors. And then after the R-pack, nothing can be assumed about the trace length other than it must be reasonable for series termination; the total length could be large compared with the tiny fanout or stub. It should be noted that the presentation authors manufacture extra fine pitch ferrite packs and SMD beads. Can somebody explain this? Boris ------------------------------------------------------------------ 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