Skin Depth Calculator

Choose the conductor material and enter the frequency.
The calculator will return the skin depth information.

Frequency(MHz) Copper Gold Silver Nickel

Skin Depths 1 2 3 4 5

Current Density

Notes:

Skin depth is the equivalent thickness of conductor at DC having the same resistance.

For high permeability materials e.g. nickel, the skin depth effectively reduces the conductor area and increases losses.

Avoid nickel plating microstrip, as the losses will, as a rule of thumb, double.