Dear Abe, Good morning (Taiwan Time). Is your article/book released in Asia? When? Could you share me the some key sections (soft-copy) right now? Let me study it...... Thanks for your expertise. Best regards, Cortex=20 =20 Also see my article, "Differential Signals Routing Requirements, Part = II", Printed Circuit Design & Manufacture, March 2004, P.20=20 -----Original Message----- From: ariazi [mailto:ariazi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2004 3:02 AM To: Cortex Chen Cc: si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: [SI-LIST] Re: symmetry vs length matching for diff signals Dear Cortex, Your question is a good one!! Actually, I have devoted lots of thought and research to this subject. = It seems to me that there is no universal definition or a mathematical formula for distinguishing=20 loosely vs. tightly coupled. However, you may find the following qualitative definition helpful: When the separation of the two traces is relatively large, so that the coupling of each line to the reference planes exceeds the mutual coupling of traces, then the = pair is said to be "loosely coupled". When the two traces are sufficiently close, so that = the lines are coupled=20 more strongly to each other than to the reference planes, then they are referred to as "tightly Coupled". Also see my article, "Differential Signals Routing Requirements, Part = II", Printed Circuit Design & Manufacture, March 2004, P.20 (the paper is available on line). =20 Best Regards, Abe=20 -----Original Message----- From: si-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:si-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] = On Behalf Of Cortex Chen Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2004 3:31 AM To: si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [SI-LIST] Re: symmetry vs length matching for diff signals Dear Abe Riazi, How to determine the tightly and loosely coupled pairs? Regards, Cortex ------------------------------------------------------------------ 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: =20 //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 =20 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 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