28Gbps Microstrip with Pepper Jack Cheese as Substrate (2016)

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/28gbps-microstrip-pepper-jack-cheese-substrate-ryan-lott/

by craigjb • 7 years ago

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adonnjohn• 7 years ago

This of course begs the question: which cheeses act as the most efficient substrates, and why?

I wonder if there's any organic materials that would work even better.

jacknews• 7 years ago

Indeed that "sandwich cheese" looks not dissimilar to PCB anyway.

b3orn• 7 years ago

I'd suggest a cheese with as little holes as possible, maybe Gouda, Cheddar or Parmigiano.

IndrekR• 7 years ago

I wonder if there's any organic materials that would work even better.

PCBs are using mostly organic resin. Mechanical constraints limit many otherwise excellent dielectrics.

Also the cheese seems to have quite high loss tangent here. A quick test to this theory at 2.4 GHz involves a microwave oven, thermometer, pieces of RF laminate and dry cheese.

willis9363• 7 years ago

Empirically, it boils down permittivity and conductance of the material. I am not familiar with the physical factors that influence that. For real applications there are other important factors too though. If your substrate gets moldy in a week then it would be hard to package and sell it to a customer.

mannykannot• 7 years ago

Would those properties also relate to how well / fast the food can be cooked in a microwave oven?

wyldfire• 7 years ago

If your substrate gets moldy in a week then it would be hard to package and sell it to a customer.

So you're saying I should be selling a substrate service subscription? I like it! MRR here I come!

peterwwillis• 7 years ago

If your substrate gets moldy in a week then it would be hard to package and sell it to a customer.

Clearly you've not worked for Cisco...

hatsunearu• 7 years ago

There's actually a lot of good nuggets of RF wisdom in this whack article. Love it.

wizardforhire• 7 years ago

Omg this is such great read! I’m nominating for best of HN! It’s got silliness, existential reveal, thorough methodical detailed explanations accessible to laypeople, excellent prose and is just a joy.

pjc50• 7 years ago

There's a pun about "queso factor" buried at the bottom of the comments too.

This is a nice little article, there's something very Bob Pease about it. And it's good to remember that there can be quite a lot of margin in controlled impedance situations. I've done things like USB2-over-flat flexible cable for test fixtures before.

cushychicken• 7 years ago

I've done things like USB2-over-flat flexible cable for test fixtures before.

If it's never gonna see a radiated emissions test chamber, then why the heck not?

MisterTea• 7 years ago

This is a nice little article, there's something very Bob Pease about it.

"What's All This Queso Stuff, Anyhow?" RIPease <3

willis9363• 7 years ago

Wow. This is so far up my alley that my masters thesis was on implementing testing from 802.3bj and I have made passive microstrip filters in a class.

It’s cool that he simulated the eye diagrams, and getting your hands on a real transmitter is not easy, but I think it ends up being a little too optimistic. I don’t think this is meant to demonstrate a real world channel or else he could have just pulled IL and RL limits from various specs. Really cool stuff though.

kosma• 7 years ago

Loosely related: ADSL over wet string

https://www.revk.uk/2017/12/its-official-adsl-works-over-wet...

fouric• 7 years ago

28Gbps Microstrip with Pepper Jack Cheese as Substrate (2016)

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