Hi Ivor, I think that it's difficult to recognise any difference in a PCI or LVDS signal between the two cases: with or without teardrops. Anyway, teardrops can help you to improve pcb reliability. So.. I would use teardrops. And they are free too! By Giovanni don't be afraid of teardrops with these low speed of signal -----Original Message----- From: Ivor Bowden [mailto:ivor@xxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 9:56 PM To: si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [SI-LIST] via teardropping effect on signal integrity? Hi, if I have a fairly standard stackup (sig,plane,sig,sig,plane,sig; signal traces are 80 ohms) with .006"/.006" trace/space and .040" via pads with .008" finished hole size, signal trace lengths of 2.5" and 7.5", would there be any significant issues with teardropping the vias? The signals are either PCI (66MHz clock) or analog/LVDS. tia, Ivor Bowden ------------------------------------------------------------------ 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