Pasternack's Skin Depth Calculator returns skin-depth as a function of a material's resistivity and permeability, as well as the application frequency. You may enter custom values, or choose from a list of commonly used materials.

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Skin Depth refers to how deeply an RF signal can penetrate a material, which is dependent on the frequency as well as the material's properties. In DC applications, the conductivity is linearly dependent on the thickness of the material, whereas in RF applications, the relationship is logarithmic.

Prefix Symbol Value
Tera 'T' 1012
Giga 'G' 109
Mega 'M' 106
kilo 'k' 103
Prefix Symbol Value
pico 'p' 10-12
nano 'n' 10-9
micro 'u' 10-6
milli 'm' 10-3

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Skin depth refers to how deeply an RF signal will penetrate a material. This is usually dependent on the frequency and the material's properties. In many DC applications, the conductivity is linearly dependent on the thickness of the material. However, in RF applications, the relationship is logarithmic. With Pasternack's skin depth calculator with formulas, you can input custom values or select from a list of commonly used material. In this manner, you can verify the skin-depth returns as a function of a material's resistivity and permeability, as well as the application frequency.

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