Going from rules of thumb to simulation

Going from rules of thumb to simulation

Recently, a company out of South Africa, Peralex, wrote an article on their PCB design practices for military and other…

Fundamentals of SI (Part 1) – Critical nets

Fundamentals of SI (Part 1) – Critical nets

To begin this series on fundamentals of signal integrity, lets start at the very beginning.  Before you start doing any…

Fundamentals of Signal Integrity

Fundamentals of Signal Integrity

Whether the creative juices weren’t flowing or I just didn’t make the time,   I’ve been on a bit of a…

Do you want to be a professional?

Do you want to be a professional?

Over the last few days, I’ve been in some interesting discussions, the crux of which revolved around “why would anybody…

The kindred spirit of an Olympian

The kindred spirit of an Olympian

I’ve been on a bit of a blogging hiatus, but hopefully I’m returning to a more regularly scheduled program.  Consider…

DesignCon 2010 – Next week

DesignCon 2010 – Next week

You may have noticed on the [SI-LIST] that everyone and their brother have been posting information about DesignCon.  Well it…

AMI – The next modeling frontier

AMI – The next modeling frontier

If you do any kind of multi-gigabit SerDes design, you’ve probably come across the acronym, AMI – Algorithmic Modeling Interface.  …

DesignCon Baby!

DesignCon Baby!

I don’t know why, but as I started this post, it made me think of a pretty funny movie from…

What’s your excuse?

What’s your excuse?

Over the last few months, I’ve visited dozens of customers talking with them about power distribution design.  Power Distribution design…