Skin Effect Current and Fields in a PCB Explained

What is the skin effect? And how does it impact current distribution in a trace and ground plane when it occurs in a transmission line? Technical Consultant Zach Peterson builds on previous videos detailing the skin effect by diving a bit deeper into current distribution and its correspondence with fields in this exploration.

0:00 Intro
0:46 What is the Skin Effect Current?
3:29 Electric Field Termination
5:18 Transmission Line Realities
6:57 Dielectric Losses
8:36 Underestimated Capacitance

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