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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
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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

Try to fit some plane pairs in your stackup

Try to fit some plane pairs in your stackup

May 26, 2011

At the very minimum, a good board stackup has solid reference planes for signal routing.  Power demands now pretty much…

By Patrick Carrier
< 1 MIN READ
High impedance drives your stackup geometries

High impedance drives your stackup geometries

May 24, 2011

Anyone that’s ever tried to put 75-ohm video onto a PCB stackup knows how high impedance will drive layer thicknesses. …

By Patrick Carrier
2 MIN READ
Stackups: More than just a bunch of routing layers

Stackups: More than just a bunch of routing layers

May 23, 2011

Proper stackup design is the key to ensuring maximum performance for your PCB design.  Electromagnetic compatibility, signal integrity, power integrity…

By Patrick Carrier
< 1 MIN READ
The length of your terminator doesn’t matter

The length of your terminator doesn’t matter

January 28, 2011

Many designers go to great lengths to make sure they do appropriate length-matching, even to the level of including the…

By Patrick Carrier
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Vias are longer than their length

Vias are longer than their length

January 27, 2011

Yeah, that’s what I said.  Vias are longer than their length.  Phrased more appropriately, the delay introduced by a via has…

By Patrick Carrier
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How do you manage your trace lengths?

How do you manage your trace lengths?

January 25, 2011

Too often I see people just using straight length to manage their board timing.  Or take it one step further…

By Patrick Carrier
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S-parameters are for more than just packages

S-parameters are for more than just packages

January 14, 2011

In the digital design world, we have typically only seen S-parameters used to model packages.  They are a popular output…

By Patrick Carrier
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Making SERDES sims faster with IBIS-AMI

Making SERDES sims faster with IBIS-AMI

January 13, 2011

You may have heard lately about IBIS-AMI models, which are being used more often for SERDES simulation.  IBIS-AMI stands for I/O…

By Patrick Carrier
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Tired of waiting for your SPICE to finish?

Tired of waiting for your SPICE to finish?

January 12, 2011

Anyone who has ever had to simulate a SERDES interface knows how long it take to run a couple hundred…

By Patrick Carrier
< 1 MIN READ