Material Properties and Insertion Losses

UltraScale Architecture PCB Design User Guide (UG583)

Document ID
UG583
Release Date
2023-11-14
Revision
1.27 English

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 F-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

0.5 µm

2 µm

2 µm

2 µm

5 µm

8 µm

Copper Conductivity

4x107 S/m

4x107 S/m

4x107 S/m

4x107 S/m

4x107 S/m

4x107 S/m

Cost

3.8X

3.5X

2.3X

1.7X

1.2X

1X

Table F-2:      Insertion Loss @ 2.4 GHz

IL @ 2.4GHz (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

Notes:

1.1 mil = 0.0254 mm

Table F-3:      Insertion Loss @ 4.0 GHz

IL @ 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

–0.452

–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

Notes:

1.1 mil = 0.0254 mm

Table F-4:      Insertion Loss @ 5.0 GHz

IL @ 5 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

Notes:

1.1 mil = 0.0254 mm

Table F-5:      Insertion Loss @ 6.0 GHz

IL @ 6 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

Notes:

1.1 mil = 0.0254 mm

Table F-6:      Insertion Loss @ 12.9 GHz

IL @ 6 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

Notes:

1.1 mil = 0.0254 mm