Turn off your phone!

Turn off your phone!

Everybody knows you are supposed to turn off your phone and other electronic devices when you are on a plane.  You…

Is it SSN or is it Crosstalk?

Is it SSN or is it Crosstalk?

In the lab, both simultaneous switching noise (SSN) and crosstalk look the same.  They appear as unwanted pulses of energy…

Crosstalk is everywhere

Crosstalk is everywhere

Crosstalk is everywhere.  Really, in a more general sense, noise coupling is everywhere.  Usually the method of noise coupling is…

PADS Tips and Tricks: Via Shielding

PADS Tips and Tricks: Via Shielding

Here’s another Tip from Yan Killy, Technical Marketing Engineer: It is a common practice to use vias to shielding high…

The cure for sick waveforms

The cure for sick waveforms

Found a signal integrity problem in the lab?  How do you go about fixing it?  Well, if it’s a SERDES…

Running at 6GHz with your eyes closed can be scary

Running at 6GHz with your eyes closed can be scary

Running at 6GHz is actually kind of scary regardless, but especially so with your eyes closed.  And I mean that…

PADS Tips and Tricks: Sense Lines

PADS Tips and Tricks: Sense Lines

This weeks tip comes from Yan Killy, technical marketing engineer: Many times you need to route high current traces. Almost…

It’s never too late

It’s never too late

It’s never too late to fix a design problem.  Well, maybe if the product is shipping, that might be classified…

PADS Tips and Tricks – Downloading New License File

PADS Tips and Tricks – Downloading New License File

This weeks Tip comes from Andrew Audova in the environmental support group: What do you do when you launch PADS…