Thanks for the reply Dave and Steve.

Please correct me if I am wrong, but from my little bit of digging here I found that the difference between
dual stripline and offset stripline (with mirrored dielectric thicknesses) is that in the former the signal
layers interact and in the latter they do not (usually because the traces are aligned 90 degrees from one
layer to the other).

Question: Under what other circumstances is it appropriate to use the offset stripline, that is when can I be
sure the interaction is minimal and when is it not (despite what the designer says).


Obviously I'm new to this, so a good handbook/tutorial/reference specifically for PCBs would be nice. Know of
anything good.?

Thanks again,

Dave

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