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Female Designer Using Desktop Computer With PADS Professional and CELUS software

How CELUS and Siemens are about to transform PCB design

November 26, 2024

Hey there, fellow engineers, designers, and tech enthusiasts! If you’re like me, you’ve probably spent countless hours creating and modifying…

By Stephen V. Chavez
2 MIN READ
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Ultra high-density interconnect: a game changer in electronics

October 16, 2024

Ultra high-density interconnect (UHDI) is a key innovation that has changed the design and production of PCBs. Learn how UHDI enables the future of electronics.

By Stephen V. Chavez
3 MIN READ
A 3D image of a PCB with text on screen that says "keys to successful ecad-mcad collaboration"

Keys to successful ECAD-MCAD collaboration

September 24, 2024

ECAD-MCAD collaboration is crucial In today’s complex world of product design and development. As product designs evolve, involving smaller IC…

By Stephen V. Chavez
2 MIN READ

Latest posts

Impedance

Impedance

June 12, 2012

Impedance is an important concept in many different realms of engineering. We often see it in our everyday life, especially…

By Patrick Carrier
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What to analyze?

What to analyze?

June 11, 2012

In my previous blog, I talked about how a printed circuit board is nothing more than a path for signals…

By Patrick Carrier
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Don’t let your board heat up your ICs

Don’t let your board heat up your ICs

June 6, 2012

What?  Isn’t that backwards?  Technically, yes.  The board is merely a pathway through which ICs talk to each other, and…

By Patrick Carrier
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Put your charts away

Put your charts away

June 5, 2012

For over 50 years, designers have been calculating current-carrying capacity on PCBs using charts created by the Navy in 1956…

By Patrick Carrier
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Co-simulation gets you the real answer

Co-simulation gets you the real answer

June 4, 2012

Simulation is a way of predicting reality.  The more information we put into the simulation, the better our prediction of…

By Patrick Carrier
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Need stitching vias?

Need stitching vias?

May 23, 2012

When trying to design SERDES signals on board, designers often receive recommendations on placing stitching vias around differential signal vias…

By Zhen Mu
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PADS Tips and Tricks: Pin Swapping

PADS Tips and Tricks: Pin Swapping

May 15, 2012

This tip comes from Bill Tkachuk in CSD. Do you want to do pin swapping in a PADS Logic/PADS Layout…

By Jim Martens
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Turn off your phone!

Turn off your phone!

May 3, 2012

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

By Patrick Carrier
2 MIN READ
Is it SSN or is it Crosstalk?

Is it SSN or is it Crosstalk?

May 2, 2012

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

By Patrick Carrier
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