R: [SI-LIST] : Serpentine traces

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Fri, 24 Apr 1998 09:02:00 +0200

What is double back ?

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g.rossi

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> Da: D. C. Sessions[SMTP:[email protected]]
> Inviato: gioved=EC 23 aprile 1998 21.10
> A: [email protected]
> Oggetto: Re: [SI-LIST] : Serpentine traces
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> Paul Thompson wrote:
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> > >Has anyone ever tried to simulate the effect of serpentine coupled
> lines in
> > >SPICE?
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> > I have a related question: Let's say you have a big wide bus and you
> want
> > to match the lengths of all the traces. Trying to put wide spacing
> between
> > all the serpentine traces would obviously require lots of layers. As=
an
> > alternative, what do people think of routing the "doubled-back" secti=
ons
> > all on a different layer, preferably one on the opposite side of the
> same
> > plane that the "main" traces are run? I'm assuming here that the ent=
ire
> > bus switches at the same time.
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> Layer-to-layer manufacturing mismatch is pretty fierce, and then there
> are the vias. Seems to me that getting the delays matched is going
> to be a LOT of work, and will never be as consistent in manufacture
> as double-back would be.
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