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Message #28692
Re: Differential pair skew matching fails with certain dimensions
I can repro this as well. Latest master, also Linux.
On Tue, Mar 14, 2017 at 11:20:52AM -0700, Andrew Zonenberg wrote:
> This one is probably for Orson or Tom...
>
>
> Tested with latest code from git (on Debian Jessie), but I also had the
> issue with my old version (a few weeks old, forgot to write down the
> exact hash).
>
> Steps to reproduce:
> * Create schematic that has a differential pair in it
> * Set differential pair design rules to 0.21mm trace, 0.15mm space
> * Route differential pair in such a way that there's skew between the halves
> * Try to skew-match
>
> Expected result: overlay appears, says "too short", mouse motion adds
> meanders
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> Actual result: Overlay appears, says "too short", no meanders are created
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> I've had the issue with other dimensions as well, it appears that having
> trace width greater than space is necessary but not sufficient to cause
> the problem.
>
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