IPC 2141 Trace Impedance Calculator
The IPC-2141 trace Impedance calculator will help make initial design easier by allowing the user to input basic parameters and get a calculated impedance according to the IPC-2141 standard. While this calculator will provide a baseline, any final design considerations should be made towards loss, dispersion, copper roughness, phase shift, etc. A field solver may be required for final circuit analysis.
Trace Type
TRACE WIDTH (w)
TRACE THICKNESS (t)
HEIGHT (h)
DIELECTRIC CONSTANT (εr)
TARGET IMPEDANCE (Zo)
Ω
Warning - (w/h) only valid from 0.1 to 2.0
Warning - trace thickness t is invalid!
Warning - substrate height h is invalid!
Warning - trace width w is invalid!
Warning - dielectric constant εr is invalid!
Warning - invalid values!
TARGET IMPEDANCE (Zo)
Ω
TRACE THICKNESS (t)
HEIGHT (h)
DIELECTRIC CONSTANT (εr)
TRACE WIDTH (w)
Warning - (w/h) only valid from 0.1 to 2.0
Warning - trace thickness t is invalid!
Warning - substrate height h is invalid!
Warning - impedance Zo is invalid!
Warning - dielectric constant εr is invalid!
Warning - invalid values!
TRACE THICKNESS (t)
HEIGHT (h)
TRACE WIDTH (w)
TRACE SPACING (s)
DIELECTRIC CONSTANT (εr)
DIFFERENTIAL IMPEDANCE (Zd)
Ω
Warning - (w/h) only valid from 0.1 to 2.0
Warning - trace thickness t is invalid!
Warning - substrate height h is invalid!
Warning - trace width w is invalid!
Warning - trace spacing s is invalid!
Warning - dielectric constant εr is invalid!
Warning - invalid values!
DIFFERENTIAL IMPEDANCE (Zd)
Ω
TRACE THICKNESS (t)
HEIGHT (h)
TRACE SPACING (s)
DIELECTRIC CONSTANT (εr)
TRACE WIDTH (w)
Warning - (w/h) only valid from 0.1 to 2.0
Warning - trace thickness t is invalid!
Warning - impedance Zd is invalid!
Warning - substrate height h is invalid!
Warning - trace spacing s is invalid!
Warning - dielectric constant εr is invalid!
Warning - invalid values!
TRACE THICKNESS (t)
HEIGHT (h)
TRACE WIDTH (w)
DIELECTRIC CONSTANT (εr)
IMPEDANCE (Zo)
Ω
Warning - (t/h) only valid up to 0.25
Warning - (w/h) only valid from 0.1 to 2.0
Warning - trace thickness t is invalid!
Warning - substrate height h is invalid!
Warning - trace width w is invalid!
Warning - dielectric constant εr is invalid!
Warning - invalid values!
TRACE THICKNESS (t)
HEIGHT ABOVE TRACE (ha)
HEIGHT BELOW TRACE (hb)
TRACE WIDTH (w)
DIELECTRIC CONSTANT (εr)
IMPEDANCE (Zo)
Ω
Warning - (t/ha) only valid up to 0.25
Warning - (t/hb) only valid up to 0.25
Warning - (w/ha) only valid from 0.1 to 2.0
Warning - (w/hb) only valid from 0.1 to 2.0
Warning - trace thickness t is invalid!
Warning - height above trace ha is invalid!
Warning - height below trace hb is invalid!
Warning - trace width w is invalid!
Warning - dielectric constant εr is invalid!
Warning - invalid values!
TRACE THICKNESS (t)
HEIGHT TO PLANE (hp)
HEIGHT BETWEEN TRACEs (ht)
TRACE WIDTH (w)
DIELECTRIC CONSTANT (εr)
IMPEDANCE (Zo)
Ω
Warning - (t/hp) only valid up to 0.25
Warning - (w/hp) only valid from 0.1 to 2.0
Warning - trace thickness t is invalid!
Warning - height to plane hp is invalid!
Warning - height between traces ht is invalid!
Warning - trace width w is invalid!
Warning - dielectric constant εr is invalid!
Warning - invalid values!
TRACE THICKNESS (t)
HEIGHT (h)
TRACE WIDTH (w)
TRACE SPACING (s)
DIELECTRIC CONSTANT (εr)
IMPEDANCE (Zd)
Ω
Warning - (w/h) only valid from 0.1 to 2.0
Warning - trace thickness t is invalid!
Warning - substrate height h is invalid!
Warning - trace width w is invalid!
Warning - dielectric constant εr is invalid!
Warning - invalid values!