[SI-LIST] : Ansoft 2D extractor question

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I have been using this s/w for about 4 months and, in my innocence,
have been attempting to "calibrate" the answers. For example, I
plugged in a simple microstrip and behold - I got the right answers for
Zo.

Problem 1..
I then tried to get the Zo of a two wire configuration. The
wires are 20mils diameter and spaced (center to center) 50mils apart.

Accepted calculations indicate that the Zo should = 188 ohms. The
2DExtractor gives me an answer of 14 ohms!!

Problem 2..
I then tried to get the inductance of a 2 meter length of 28AWG wire.
Measurements (@1kHz) gave an answer of 2.1uH.
Formulae gave an answer of 3.748uH.
2DE gave an answer of 0.5uH

Can somebody explain what is going on??

Thank you
Charles Grasso
EMC Engineer
StorageTek
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