Eye Diagram Analysis for High-Speed SI Validation
Discover how eye diagrams go beyond compliance testing to reveal signal integrity issues, timing margins, and design flaws, ensuring reliable high-speed communication in PCB systems.
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Software-Defined Vehicles: When Timing Becomes a Safety Risk
Explore the challenges of PCB design for software-defined vehicles, from high-speed Ethernet to signal integrity, and learn how to ensure safety and reliability in evolving automotive architectures.
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PCB Routing Topology Matters More Than Speed
Discover why PCB routing topology, like layer transitions, vias, and return path quality, matters more for Signal Integrity success than raw data speed.
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Why PDN Failures Rarely Come From 'Too Few Capacitors'
Learn the physics behind PDN failures and why high-frequency noise is controlled by mounting inductance, not just capacitance. Discover the key to lower loop impedance.
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PCB Design For Signal Integrity: Digital Transmission Lines
Explore PCB design for signal integrity with insights on digital transmission lines, differential pairs, impedance control, and phase matching for high-speed circuits.
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3D PCB Design and Analysis: ECAD/MCAD and Where They Converge
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How Does Allegro X Support Button Plating?
Learn how PCB button plating works in flexible circuits, how it impacts impedance control and copper thicknesses, and how to clearly define plating intent for your PCB manufacturer.
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RF Design: The Wave of the Future
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Testing Printed Circuit Boards and Assemblies
Exploring the points in the fabrication and assembly processes where electrical testing is warranted.
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Power Supply Layout Best Practices
There are infinite ways to create a power distribution network. Some are better than others. Make yours better.
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Why Decoupling Capacitor Placement Becomes Harder in HDI PCB Designs
Discover why decoupling capacitor placement becomes a critical challenge in HDI PCB designs. Learn how to overcome constraints like fine-pitch BGAs, stacked microvias, and PDN complexities for optimal
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PDN: Gives Your Board Life
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When Do Layout Decisions Become SI Problems?
Struggling with signal integrity in PCB design? Discover how routing topology, via strategy, and stackup choice secretly cause SI failures, with real examples revealing the cause-and-effect chain.
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Achieving PCI-e Compliance: Getting it Right the First Time
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What is Thermal Design in HDI? Managing Heat in Ultra-Thin Dielectrics and Microvia-Dense Regions
Learn how to optimize thermal design in High Density Interconnect (HDI) PCBs. Explore microvia thermal fields, copper balancing, and heat spreading.
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The Physics of Resin Flow: Glass Weave Locking & Dielectric Behavior in HDI Laminations
Understand HDI PCB design by tackling resin flow, glass weave, and dielectric behavior. Prevent defects like voids, skew, and delamination in high-density stackups
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Lost in Transmission: Solving Common Issues in High-Speed Design
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Architecting HDI for Ultra-Fine-Pitch Chiplets, AI Accelerators, and Fan-Out Packaging on Boards
Learn how to route 0.355 mm BGA pitches and design high density interconnect (HDI) PCBs for AI accelerators. Explore stackups, sub-3-mil routing, stacked microvias, and thermal management techniques.
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Return Path Integrity in HDI Designs: How Microvias Reshape High-Speed Current Flow
Learn how HDI PCBs and microvias reshape high-speed signal return paths. Discover critical stitching strategies for DDR5, PCIe Gen5/6, and USB4 to maintain signal integrity in dense BGAs.
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FLEXing Like a PCB Expert
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Becoming a PCB Librarian
PCB Designers may multitask on library management but a centralized library will ensure consistent quality of the underlying schematic and board symbols.
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Printed Circuit Board Design for Manufacturing
Design For Manufacturing encompasses all of the factors that affect reproducibility and longevity of the bare printed circuit board. Call it “Design For Money!”
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A Guide to PCB Connectors: Selection, Design, and DFM Tips
PCB Connectors facilitate our electronics by making it easier to replace modules and join various functions. There is a connector for every purpose.
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Common Sources of BOM Rejection and How to Prevent Them
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Tips on Creating a PCB Footprint For Printed Circuit Board Assemblies
Printed circuit board design cannot proceed without the fundamental building blocks. The PCB library is one thing that will determine the outcome of the layout process
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10 Common DFM Issues and How to Fix Them
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Why HDI Designs Fail in the Field: Advanced Root Causes Beyond Standard Microvia Cracking
Prevent HDI PCB failures with insights on resin starvation, copper pull-away, and CAF growth. Ensure long-term reliability using Cadence DFM solutions.
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Does HDI Improve Signal Integrity? The Real Electromagnetic Impact of Microvias
HDI promises better signal integrity, but does it deliver? Learn the real electromagnetic impact of microvias, via stubs, differential skew, and reference plane issues in high-speed PCB design.
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