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Core concepts

Substrate

The insulating material between copper layers. Usually FR4 fiberglass.

How it looks

Real image: CORE3588, rendered by KiCad from our board file
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The front edge of CORE3588, rendered by KiCad, very close up.

How it works

top copperglue layer (prepreg)inner 1: groundcore: glass-fibre boardinner 2: groundglue layer (prepreg)bottom copperTHE BOARD CUT IN HALF1.2 mm core0.1 mm glue layerdistance to ground sets the speed behaviour

Where it fits

The substrate separates the copper layers; their order and thicknesses together are the stackup.

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