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RF Design Consideration

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actlitedeuter

Electrical
Jul 9, 2007
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If I have an exposed 50 ohm line, let's say on my circuit board and a piece of metal is placed near to it, would there be a change on my performance?
 
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How large a piece of metal, over what length of the line? The dielectric constant of the pcb/substrate is also relevant, as is the actual width of the 50 ohm track and the gap between the ground plane. A 50 ohm track can be made with an infinite range of track to ground plane gaps.

This is probably not something you would want to model on a field simulator, especially since if you had one you wouldn't ask the question.

The practical answer is to try it with and without the metal and see if it makes a difference in your application.
 
Normally a microstrip line isn't affected if you are two board thicknesses away. Most board thicknesses are 0.060", hence if you are 0.1" away, then there's probably not much affect.

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