A printed circuit board via is analyzed as a collection of sections bounded
by grounded planes. A semianalytical expression for the capacitance of suc
h a section is deduced and numerically adapted to solutions obtained wit th
e finite-element method. For igh permittivities, one may also estimate the
capacitance of via terminating at a dielectric interface. (C) 1999 John Wil
ey & Sons, Inc.