No. Microstrip is the transmission line on one side of a double-sided PCB
and the ground plane on the other side. Stripline is with TWO PCBs with the
transmission line sandwiched on one of the boards and ground planes on BOTH
the outside layers. It makes for a much improved shielding at the expense
of much more complex mechanical assembly.

Jim



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ll.nl...
what's the difference?
Is "open face"on a singlesided pcb and "sandwich" on a doublesided pcb?
I use a doublesided pcb with one side as a groundplane.

tnx, Wim