I am currently working on a project that uses a 2.4 / 5 GHz WiFi/BT transceiver that I am trying to route at a target impedance of 50 ohms on the top layer. This trace is routed to a U.FL connector.
This is being routed on a 12 layer board with material that has a DK / Er of 3.17.
See the following dimensions for the RF trace:
Trace width = 4.5 mil
Trace clearance to adjacent GND pour on same layer = 10 mil
Conductor height (L1 to L2) = 2.5 mil
I routed this originally as a microstrip design but have since come along many resources talking about CPWG and how it affects impedance. Saturn PCB gives me a microstrip impedance of 50 ohms and a CPWG impedance of 63 ohms. Which would should I design for? I have flexibility on trace thickness and spacing . . .
Additionally, at what point does coplanar waveguide become microstrip? Theoretically, CPWG with a very large gap would result in a microstrip trace but the tools do not seem to generate that outcome!
This is being routed on a 12 layer board with material that has a DK / Er of 3.17.
See the following dimensions for the RF trace:
Trace width = 4.5 mil
Trace clearance to adjacent GND pour on same layer = 10 mil
Conductor height (L1 to L2) = 2.5 mil
I routed this originally as a microstrip design but have since come along many resources talking about CPWG and how it affects impedance. Saturn PCB gives me a microstrip impedance of 50 ohms and a CPWG impedance of 63 ohms. Which would should I design for? I have flexibility on trace thickness and spacing . . .
Additionally, at what point does coplanar waveguide become microstrip? Theoretically, CPWG with a very large gap would result in a microstrip trace but the tools do not seem to generate that outcome!
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