VRPW-10-10 State of the Art PCB Loss Control

A Front Range Signal Integrity Lecture by Jeff Loyer, Intel, Recorded March 2013

Jeff discusses how to model and measure the insertion loss and impedance of PCB traces. He shows how important dielectric loss and conductor loss, including surface roughness, is in influencing the total loss of circuit board traces. 

Jeff is the creator the SET2DIL measurement method and shows results from many board trace measurements. 

In addition to design and materials properties, temperature and humidity also influences the total loss.