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A basic question about using dielectric material in PCB boards in relation to electric field

I was wondering what the PCB's dielectric material(such as FR-4) do to the electric field. If I'm not wrong, the dielectric material influences how the electric field lines are distributed. And it ...
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Should reference plane change its potential value if a track goes to another layer?

Assume you have a four layer board. Signal GND Dielectric VDD Signal And you having a track in the 4:th layer. Suddenly you're using a via to go through the 4:th layer to 1:st layer. Question The ...
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Effective dielectric constant in multilayer PCB design

Top => copper PP1 => RO4350B L2 => copper PP2 => FR4 L3 => copper PP3 => 185HR L4 => copper This is my PCB stackup. In the top layer, I have a 50 Ω controlled RF trace. The ...
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How to determine dielectric constant and loss tanget of a PCB board at a specific frequency?

I need to know dielectric constant (relative permittivity) and Tan loss of a FR4 board at 2.45 GHz. The specification of the manufacturer is as it is below: Dielectric Constant: Test method (IPC-TM-...
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