This appendix lists various material types and their associated
characteristics along with relative cost multipliers to assist with choosing the
best printed circuit board material.
Table 1. Material Parameters and Cost Multipliers
| |
Rogers Corporation (Rogers_4350) |
Panasonic (MEGTRON 6) |
Isola Group (I-Speed) |
Isola Group (FR408HRIS) |
Isola Group (Standard FR4_LP) |
Isola Group (Standard FR4_LP) |
| DK |
3.48 |
3.49 |
3.25 |
3.65 |
4.4 |
4.4 |
| DF |
0.0057 |
0.006 |
0.0074 |
0.0115 |
0.017 |
0.017 |
| Surface Roughness (µm) |
0.5 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
5 |
8 |
| Copper Conductivity (S/m) |
4x107
|
4x107
|
4x107
|
4x107
|
4x107
|
4x107
|
| Cost |
3.8X |
3.5X |
2.3X |
1.7X |
1.2X |
1X |
Table 2. Insertion Loss @ 2.4 GHz
| IL @ 2.4 GHz (dB/in) |
Rogers Corporation (Rogers_4350) |
Panasonic (MEGTRON 6) |
Isola Group (I-Speed) |
Isola Group (FR408HRIS) |
Isola Group (Standard FR4_LP) |
Isola Group (Standard FR4_LP) |
| W = 4 mil |
–0.318 |
–0.469 |
–0.474 |
–0.528 |
–0.658 |
–0.692 |
| W = 6 mil |
–0.246 |
–0.362 |
–0.367 |
–0.422 |
–0.539 |
–0.565 |
| W = 8 mil |
–0.211 |
–0.302 |
–0.308 |
–0.359 |
–0.467 |
–0.488 |
| W = 10 mil |
–0.184 |
–0.263 |
–0.272 |
–0.323 |
–0.427 |
–0.444 |
| W = 12 mil |
–0.167 |
–0.233 |
–0.246 |
–0.293 |
–0.399 |
–0.414 |
Table 3. Insertion Loss @ 4.0 GHz
| IL @ 4.0 GHz (dB/in) |
Rogers Corporation (Rogers_4350) |
Panasonic (MEGTRON 6) |
Isola Group (I-Speed) |
Isola Group (FR408HRIS) |
Isola Group (Standard FR4_LP) |
Isola Group (Standard FR4_LP) |
| W = 4 mil |
–0.452 |
–0.667 |
–0.679 |
–0.765 |
–0.954 |
–1.002 |
| W = 6 mil |
–0.354 |
–0.518 |
–0.529 |
–0.616 |
–0.794 |
–0.829 |
| W = 8 mil |
–0.306 |
–0.435 |
–0.446 |
–0.531 |
–0.696 |
–0.724 |
| W = 10 mil |
–0.270 |
–0.381 |
–0.397 |
–0.481 |
–0.641 |
–0.665 |
| W = 12 mil |
–0.246 |
–0.340 |
–0.362 |
–0.440 |
–0.603 |
–0.624 |
Table 4. Insertion Loss @ 5.0 GHz
| IL @ 5.0 GHz (dB/in) |
Rogers Corporation (Rogers_4350) |
Panasonic (MEGTRON 6) |
Isola Group (I-Speed) |
Isola Group (FR408HRIS) |
Isola Group (Standard FR4_LP) |
Isola Group (Standard FR4_LP) |
| W = 4 mil |
–0.531 |
–0.774 |
–0.788 |
–0.896 |
–1.126 |
–1.178 |
| W = 6 mil |
–0.417 |
–0.604 |
–0.618 |
–0.728 |
–0.942 |
–0.981 |
| W = 8 mil |
–0.362 |
–0.509 |
–0.525 |
–0.628 |
–0.831 |
–0.861 |
| W = 10 mil |
–0.321 |
–0.447 |
–0.467 |
–0.572 |
–0.768 |
–0.794 |
| W = 12 mil |
–0.294 |
–0.400 |
–0.427 |
–0.524 |
–0.724 |
–0.747 |
Table 5. Insertion Loss @ 6.0 GHz
| IL @ 6.0 GHz (dB/in) |
Rogers Corporation (Rogers_4350) |
Panasonic (MEGTRON 6) |
Isola Group (I-Speed) |
Isola Group (FR408HRIS) |
Isola Group (Standard FR4_LP) |
Isola Group (Standard FR4_LP) |
| W = 4 mil |
–0.607 |
–0.872 |
–0.890 |
–1.018 |
–1.290 |
–1.356 |
| W = 6 mil |
–0.479 |
–0.683 |
–0.699 |
–0.832 |
–1.085 |
–1.134 |
| W = 8 mil |
–0.417 |
–0.577 |
–0.596 |
–0.720 |
–0.961 |
–0.999 |
| W = 10 mil |
–0.370 |
–0.508 |
–0.532 |
–0.658 |
–0.891 |
–0.924 |
| W = 12 mil |
–0.339 |
–0.455 |
–0.487 |
–0.604 |
–0.842 |
–0.871 |
Table 6. Insertion Loss @ 12.9 GHz
| IL @ 12.9 GHz (dB/in) |
Rogers Corporation (Rogers_4350) |
Panasonic (MEGTRON 6) |
Isola Group (I-Speed) |
Isola Group (FR408HRIS) |
Isola Group (Standard FR4_LP) |
Isola Group (Standard FR4_LP) |
| W = 4 mil |
–1.099 |
–1.440 |
–1.485 |
–1.754 |
–2.307 |
–2.694 |
| W = 6 mil |
–0.882 |
–1.147 |
–1.191 |
–1.466 |
–1.996 |
–2.275 |
| W = 8 mil |
–0.775 |
–0.983 |
–1.032 |
–1.294 |
–1.792 |
–2.020 |
| W = 10 mil |
–0.695 |
–0.878 |
–0.932 |
–1.198 |
–1.683 |
–1.877 |
| W = 12 mil |
–0.642 |
–0.795 |
–0.863 |
–1.115 |
–1.607 |
–1.776 |