For low frequencies, f <= fb = (4 * rho * (W+T)^2 ) / (pi * uv * ur * W^2 *
T^2) Hertz:
* Resistance = (rho * L) / (W * T) ohms.
* Inductance = ((muv * L) / (2 * pi)) * [ ln ((2 * L) / (W + T)) + 0.5 +
(0.2235 * (W + T) / L)] Henries.
For high frequencies, f > fb Hertz:
* Skindepth = SQRT(rho / (pi * muv * mur * f)) meters.
* Resistance = (rho * L)/(2 * (W + T) * skindepth) ohms.
* Geometric mean distance GMD = (T + W) * [0.2929 - (0.0698 * (W - T)^2 /
(W + T)^2)] meters.
* Inductance = ((muv * L) / (2 * pi)) * [ ln ((2 * L) / (GMD)) -1 + (GMD
/ L)] Henries.
These formulas from pages 166, 168, and 169 of my book "Electronic System
Design: Interference and Noise Control Techniques" (copyright 1987). Or
you can go back to Frederick Grover's book "Inductance Calculations"
(copyright 1973), where I got them.
The basic principle is "keep them short and wide". A common guideline for
bonding straps is L < 5 * W or L < 3 * W.
If you have multiple parallel lands or straps spaced fairly-well apart (by
over 3 times their width), as on a gridded circuit board, you will get
approximately the same inductance as if you had one very wide land/strap
spanning all the lands/straps. Thus if a cross-section of your ground-net
looks like:
--- --- --- -
--- - ---
<------------------------------------ W
--------------------------------->
you will have about the same inductance as this cross-section:
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
--
<------------------------------------ W
--------------------------------->
John R. Barnes
Lexmark
International
"Salvador Aguinaga" <Salvador_Aguinaga%[email protected]>
on 07/28/98 03:44:05 PM
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Subject: [SI-LIST] : Expression for inductance of a flat conductor
Hello All,
Has anyone come across an expression describing the inductance of a flat
conductor? The are of my pcb is 57.2 square inches.
We are working on a spice model for a power distribution system.
Thank you in advance.
Sal Aguinaga
Hardware Design EE
Carrier Systems