Patent ID: 7856709

Claim:
A method for RF matching on a printed circuit board, the printed circuit board having a plurality of contact points for electrical contacts, the printed circuit board including at least a first conductor track connected to a first pair of the electrical contacts and a second conductor track connected to a second pair of the electrical contacts, wherein a first end of the first conductor track is connected to a contact point of one of the electrical contacts, and wherein the second conductor track forms a capacitor with the first conductor track, the method comprising: measuring near-end crosstalk between the first and second pairs of electrical contacts of the printed circuit board to obtain a first reading of near-end crosstalk; removing at least a first portion of the first conductor track from the printed circuit board; measuring the near-end crosstalk between the first and second pairs of electrical contacts of the printed circuit board to obtain a second reading of near-end crosstalk subsequent to removing at least the first portion of the first conductor track; and removing at least a second portion of the first conductor track from the printed circuit board, a size of the second portion to be removed being determined based on an analysis of the first and second readings of near-end crosstalk and a size of the removed first portion.