As far as I know... Assuming your planes are very wide, and the space between the planes is kept small, there shouldn't be any significant effect to Z0 at these geometries. Jeff Loyer (253) 371-8093 -----Original Message----- From: Anthony Moulds [mailto:anthony@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, October 19, 2001 10:04 AM To: si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [SI-LIST] strip-line impedance Importance: High Sensitivity: Private A quick question: An internal signal layer in a multi-layer stackup is situated between ground and a power plane. If the power plane splits into two islands is the effect significant on the signal layer? (Dielectric thickness between layers = 8 mil.) Thanks. Anthony Moulds. ------------------------------------------------------------------ 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