Re: Potential heating problem
The DC resistance of a patch panel is required by TIA 568 to be less than
0.3 Ohms. ISO/IEC 11801 requires 0.2 Ohms.
Sterling Vaden
Dave Dwelley wrote:
> Do these miniature traces affect our 20 ohm wiring budget?
>
> What's the typical DC resistance of a patch panel?
>
> Dave Dwelley
>
> Jack Andresen wrote:
>
> >But let me go back to original issue. I have looked at many patch panel
> >PC boards and for various reasons, the traces run from 10 to 18 mils.
> >Possible reasons:
> >1) Making pairs of traces 100 ohm. 2) Trying to get between the RJ45
> >pins. 3) Running a pair between the 110 punch down pins. 4) In general,
> >there is very little space for both compensation and wiring while
> >leaving margins between pairs of traces. 5) People are afraid of too
> >fine traces
> >But it is important to recognize here is no general standard for patch
> >panel traces (as pointed out in one of the responses).