Peter P. wrote:

> Imho your problem will be the board material not the inductor proper. At
> that frequency on FR board inductors are more or less transmission lines
> that need a little more capacitive loading at the ends to get them into
> range. The 'normal' way to get over this is to approximate an inductor
> (one turn or part thereof) and a place for a SMD cap at its end
> (closure) and build it and measure it. Rinse & repeat until it starts
> working. Things like trace proximity (including to iself - as in spiral
> or meander) can change the frequency by 1-3% (10MHz off at 400MHz).

Does this matter a lot for a SAW stabilized oscillator?

Also, without being able to actually measure the parameters of this
transmission line, how do I know whether the inductor itself is off or the
capacitor?

Thanks,
Gerhard

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