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All calculators are approximations for general purpose use only and are not to be used for high degree of accuracy purposes. Please see Disclaimer below.

PCB-related calculators

PCB Impedance and Capacitance Calculator: Asymmetric Stripline

Based on Zo Equation Per: IPC-D-317A:

Formula: Impedance - Asymmetric Stripline
Applicability:
  • 1 ≤ εr ≤ 15
  • h1 ≤ h2
  • t ÷ h1 ≤ 0.99
  • 0.1 ≤ w ÷ h1 ≤ 2.0
  • Argument of natural logarithm ≥ 1.0
  • h1, h2, w, t > 0
 Impedance - Asymmetric Stripline Model

US units     metric units

w Width of trace (mil):  
h1 Shorter width of dielectric (mil):  
h2 Larger width of dielectric (mil):  
t Trace thickness (mil):  
εr Relative permittivity of dieletric:  
Accuracy (decimal points):

Z0 Differential impedance (Ω):  

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PCB Impedance and Capacitance Calculator: Asymmetric Differential Stripline

Formula: Impedance - Asymmetric Differential Stripline
Applicability:
  • w ÷ t ≤ 0.5
  • w, t, s, h > 0
 Impedance - Symmetric Differential Stripline Model

US units     metric units

w Width of trace (mil):  
s Spacing between traces (mil):  
h Spacing between planes (mil):  
t Trace thickness (mil):  
εr Relative permittivity of dieletric:  
Accuracy (decimal points):

Z0 Differential impedance (Ω):  

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PCB Impedance and Capacitance Calculator: Microstrip Trace Impedance

Based on Zo Equation Per: IPC-D-317A:

Formula: Impedance - Microstrip
Applicability:
  • 1 ≤ εr ≤ 15
  • w, t, h > 0
 Impedance - Microstrip Model

US units    metric units

w Width of trace (mil):  
h Dielectric thickness (mil):  
t Trace thickness (mil):  
εr Relative permittivity of dieletric:  
Accuracy (decimal points):

Z0 Characteristic impedance (Ω):  

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PCB Impedance and Capacitance Calculator: Stripline

Based on Zo Equation Per: IPC-D-317A:

Formula: Impedance - Symmetrical Stripline
Applicability:
  • 1 ≤ εr ≤ 15
  • 0.1 ≤ w ÷ h ≤ 3.0
  • Argument of natural logarithm ≥ 0.1
  • t ÷ h ≤ 0.99
  • w, t, h > 0
 Impedance - Stripline Model

US units     metric units

w Width of trace (mil):  
h Dielectric thickness (mil):  
t Trace thickness (mil):  
εr Relative permittivity of dieletric:  
Accuracy (decimal points):

Z0 Characteristic impedance (Ω):  

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Mechanical-related calculators

Bolt Torque

Bolt installation preload calculator is based on MIL-HDBK-60, 1990, Section 100.5.1, p. 26, Equation 100.5.1.

Formula: Pi=T/(KD)

US units     metric units

T Bolt install torque (mil):
K Torque coefficient:
D Bolt nominal shank diameter (mil):
Accuracy (decimal points):

Pi Bolt Preload:  

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General

Conversion Calculators

One of the best conversion calculators that we have used is available for free. To checkout and download, click here: Conversion Calculator.

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