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Electronic Systems Design

What’s New in Xpedition – Design Verification

In the last What’s New in Xpedition blog post, we reviewed the new Layout features available in the Xpedition VX.2...

By Craig Armenti

Electronic Systems Design

Here’s What’s New in PADS Professional

PADS Professional VX.2.3 release is packed with new features as well as performance and quality enhancements including: Rigid-Flex Constraint manager...

By John McMillan

Electronic Systems Design

Checking for Differential Impedance

One of the basic concepts of signal integrity is maintaining impedance. Whether a design will be successful or not can...

By Kanchan Vaidya

Electronic Systems Design

SerDes Design Part 6: JCOM, the Compliance Method for JESD204C Specification

Continuing my blog series on SerDes design, today we’ll talk about JESD COM (JCOM), a newly developed variant of Channel...

Electronic Systems Design

What’s New in Xpedition – Layout

In the last What’s New in Xpedition blog post, we reviewed the new FPGA-PCB Co-design features that are available in...

By Craig Armenti

Electronic Systems Design

If OrCAD Is Your Choice for Schematic, Read On...

You are a team player and so are we! With the advent of technology, having a remote team is commonplace....

By Kanchan Vaidya

Calibre IC Design & Manufacturing

Customizing a Calibre DRC HTML Report

Love the DRC HTML report you can generate with a push of a button from Calibre interface tools, but wish...

By Calibre IC Design & Manufacturing

Electronic Systems Design

What’s the fastest-growing area of semiconductor packaging?

HDAP! No longer reliant on the mobile market alone, High Density Advanced Packaging (HDAP) has become the fastest growing and...

By Keith Felton

Electronic Systems Design

SerDes Design Part 5: Channel Operating Margin, a Powerful Compliance Tool

In part five of this series about SerDes design, I focus on the adoption and evolution of Channel Operating Margin...